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The Brown Widow and the Black Widow Spiders in Jamaica1 (Araneae, Theridiidae)

1954; Oxford University Press; Volume: 47; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/aesa/47.1.52

1938-2901

W. J. Baerg,

Colonialism, slavery, and trade

Since the black widow, Latrodectus mactans Fabricius has been extensively studied and the available literature is rather comprehensive, this paper will deal largely with the brown widow. The black widow will be considered for making comparisons and adding such items as appear to be new.