Black widow spider Latrodectus cinctus (Araneae: Theridiidae) new to Liberia--savanna species in the forest zone.
The first record of the African black widow spider, Latrodectus cinctus Blackwall, 1865 (= L. indistinctus Pickard-Cambridge, 1904) from Liberia is presented. It is a further record of a savanna species in the forest zone of West Africa. Increasing deforestation may cause expansion of the ranges of savanna-inhabiting animal species into the forest zone.
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Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Zoologisches Institut, Lehrstuhl für Spezielle Zoologie, Tübingen, Germany.
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D000354:Africa, Western; D000818:Animals; D001740:Black Widow Spider / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification; D003116:Color; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D004463:Ecology; D005260:Female; D007988:Liberia