''Latrodectus cinctus'' is a
species
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of
spider
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in the family
Theridiidae, found in
Cape Verde Islands, Africa,
Kuwait
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and
Iran
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.
[ It is one of six species of '' Latrodectus'' found in southern Africa, four of which, including ''L. cinctus'', are known as black button or black widow spiders. Like all ''Latrodectus'' species, ''L. cinctus'' has a neurotoxic venom. It acts on nerve endings, causing the very unpleasant symptoms of latrodectism when humans are bitten.][
]
References
cinctus
Spiders of Africa
Spiders of Asia
Spiders described in 1865
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