Latrodectus renivulvatus

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|image = Juvenile black button spider (Latrodectus renivulvatus).JPG

|authority = Dahl, 1902

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Latrodectus renivulvatus is a species of spider in the family Theridiidae, found in Africa, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. It is one of six species of Latrodectus found in southern Africa, four of which, including L. renivulvatus, are known as black button or black widow spiders. Like all Latrodectus species, L. renivulvatus has a neurotoxic venom. It acts on nerve endings, causing the very unpleasant symptoms of latrodectism when humans are bitten.

References

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{{citation |first1=G.J. |last1=Müller |first2=C.A. |last2=Wium |first3=C.J. |last3=Marks |first4=C.E. |last4=du Plessis |first5=D.J.H. |last5=Veale |title=Spider bite in southern Africa: diagnosis and management |journal=Continuing Medical Education |date=19 September 2012 |volume=30 |issue=10 |pages=382–391 |url=http://www.cmej.org.za/index.php/cmej/article/view/2547/2582 |accessdate=2016-02-02 }}

{{citation |title=Taxon details Latrodectus renivulvatus Dahl, 1902 |work=World Spider Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern |url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/species/39061 |accessdate=2016-02-02 }}

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renivulvatus

Category:Spiders of Africa

Category:Spiders of Asia

Category:Spiders described in 1902

Category:Taxa named by Friedrich Dahl