Latrodectus apicalis, known as the Galapagos black widow, is endemic to the Galápagos Islands.[2] Like many black widow spiders, it has a red or orange hourglass-shaped spot on the underside of the abdomen. It is venomous and sometimes hard to find.[3][4]
^"Taxon details Latrodectus apicalis Butler, 1877", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-02-04
^"Latrodectus apicalis", CDF Galápagos Species Checklist, retrieved 2016-02-04
^Butler, A.G. (1877), "Myriopoda and Arachnida", in Günther, A. (ed.), "Account of the zoological collection made during the visit of H.M.S. 'Peterel' to the Galapagos Islands", Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 75-77
^Horwell, David & Oxford, Pete (2011), Galápagos Wildlife, Chalfont St. Peter: Bradt Travel Guides, p. 32, ISBN978-1-84162-360-3
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