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Species of spider

Latrodectus mactans, known as southern black widow or simply black widow, and the shoe-button spider,^{[citation needed]} is a venomous species of spider in the genus Latrodectus.

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The females are well known for their distinctive black and red coloring and for the fact that they will occasionally eat their mates after reproduction. The species is native to North America. The venom can cause pain and other symptoms, but is rarely fatal to healthy humans.^[2]

Taxonomy

Latrodectus mactans was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775, placing it in the genus Aranea.^[1][3] It was transferred to the genus Latrodectus in 1837 by Charles Walckenaer and is currently placed in the family Theridiidae of the order Araneae.^[1] The species is closely related to Latrodectus hesperus (western black widow) and Latrodectus variolus (northern black widow).

Members of the three Latrodectus - Wikipedia FIMYN