Redback spider

Redback spider
	Adult red back spider
	Adult male (considerably smaller than female)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Latrodectus
Species:	L. hasseltii
Binomial name
	Latrodectus hasseltii; Thorell, 1870
Synonyms
	Latrodectus scelio Thorell, 1870; Latrodectus scelio indicus Simon, 1897; Latrodectus indicus Pocock, 1900; Latrodectus hasselti indicus Pickard-Cambridge, 1902; Latrodectus ancorifer Dahl, 1902; Latrodectus hasselti aruensis Strand, 1911; Latrodectus hasselti ancorifer Kulczyński, 1911; Latrodectus cinctus [rejected] Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1942; Latrodectus mactans hasselti Chrysanthus, 1975;

The redback spider is a venomous spider that lives in Australia. The female is larger than the male. The female's body is about 1 centimetre long and the male's body is about 3 millimetres long. The adult female spider is usually black and usually has a red stripe on its back. The female likes to live in warm sheltered places and makes a web to catch insects and other small creatures.^[2]

The spider's bite can be very painful and dangerous to people, because it can inject a venom through its fangs. An antivenom injection is available, which can help to restore the health of people who have become very ill after being bitten by the spider.

References

1 2 "Taxon details Latrodectus haseltii Thorell, 1870". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
↑ Garb, Jessica E.; González, Alda; Gillespie, Rosemary G. (June 2004). "The Black Widow Spider Genus Latrodectus (Araneae: Theridiidae): Phylogeny, Biogeography, and Invasion History" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 31 (3): 1127–42. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2003.10.012. PMID 15120405. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-10-12.

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[WSC_s39048-1] 1 2 "Taxon details Latrodectus haseltii Thorell, 1870". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 22 May 2016.

[garb_2004-2] Garb, Jessica E.; González, Alda; Gillespie, Rosemary G. (June 2004). "The Black Widow Spider Genus Latrodectus (Araneae: Theridiidae): Phylogeny, Biogeography, and Invasion History" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 31 (3): 1127–42. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2003.10.012. PMID 15120405. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-10-12.

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