First report of the brown widow spider, Latrodectus geometricus Koch, 1841 (Araneae, Theridiidae) from southern India

Authors

  • R. Kishore
  • Vinod Sadhasivan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33307/entomon.v50i4.1585

Abstract

Latrodectus geometricus (Koch, 1841) is a widow spider native to Africa and introduced to several countries from both the Americas to Japan. Three adult female L. geometricus with three egg-sacs were observed in Nagercoil, Kanniyakumari district, Tamil Nadu. The present record extends its known distributional range to further south being the southernmost occurrence of the species in India.

Author Biographies

R. Kishore

Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, South India Centre of Wildlife Institute of India, Anaikatty Post, Coimbatore 641108, Tamil Nadu, India

Vinod Sadhasivan

Kanniyakumari Nature Foundation, South SLB Road, Ramavarmapuram, Nagercoil 629001, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Published

2025-12-31

How to Cite

Kishore, R., & Sadhasivan, V. (2025). First report of the brown widow spider, Latrodectus geometricus Koch, 1841 (Araneae, Theridiidae) from southern India. ENTOMON, 50(4), 465–468. https://doi.org/10.33307/entomon.v50i4.1585

Issue

Vol. 50 No. 4 (2025)

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Short Communications

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