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Brown widow

Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841

Status not recordedspiders

The brown widow (Latrodectus geometricus) is a species in the family Theridiidae, order Araneae. Source checklists list it for 3 countries: Brazil, Kenya and South Africa.

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Quick facts about the brown widow

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
3 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the brown widow live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The brown widow is listed for 3 countries.

KenyaSouth AfricaBrazil
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Brazil
  2. Kenya
  3. South Africa

Is the brown widow endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the brown widow classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderAraneae
  5. familyTheridiidae
  6. genusLatrodectus
  7. SpeciesLatrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841

Synonyms Latrodectus concinnus, Latrodectus distinctus, Latrodectus geometricus modestus, Latrodectus geometricus obscuratus, Latrodectus geometricus subalbicans, Latrodectus zickzack

Other names and names in other languages (21)
  • Brown buttonEnglish
  • Brown ButtonspiderEnglish
  • Brown widow spiderEnglish
  • HuisknopiespinnekopAfrikaans
  • snovačka hnědáCzech
  • Brun enkeDanish
  • Braune WitweGerman
  • Viuda caféSpanish
  • Veuve bruneFrench
  • אלמנה חומהHebrew
  • Vedova brunaItalian
  • ハイイロゴケグモJapanese
  • Bruine weduweDutch
  • Viúva-marromPortuguese
  • brun änkaSwedish
  • kahverengidulTurkish
  • 幾何寇蛛Chinese
  • BruinknopiespinnekopAfrikaans
  • Viuda marrónSpanish
  • Viuda PardaSpanish
  • 棕色寡婦蛛Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the brown widow

Other species in the same genus Latrodectus.

Red widow

Latrodectus bishopi

TheridiidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the brown widow live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the brown widow for 3 countries: Brazil, Kenya and South Africa. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the brown widow?

The brown widow (Latrodectus geometricus) belongs to the family Theridiidae in the order Araneae.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Brown widow (Latrodectus geometricus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-widow

MLA

“Brown widow (Latrodectus geometricus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-widow.

BibTeX
@misc{brown_widow_2026,
  title = {Brown widow (Latrodectus geometricus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-widow},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}