First Record of Black Widow Spider Bite Latrodectus cinctus (Araneae: Theridiidae) From Iran

Jalil Nejati; Rubén Bueno-Marí; Masoud Salehi; Mohammad Reza Akbari; Mehran Shahi

doi:10.1093/jme/tjac026

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4 March 2022 First Record of Black Widow Spider Bite Latrodectus cinctus (Araneae: Theridiidae) From Iran

Jalil Nejati, Rubén Bueno-Marí, Masoud Salehi, Mohammad Reza Akbari, Mehran Shahi

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J. of Medical Entomology, 59(3):1086-1089 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjac026

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The genus Latrodectus contains the most medically important spiders around the world. This study describes the first case of Latrodectus cinctus Blackwall, 1865 bite and clinical treatment from Iran. Also, it is the first collection report from the southeast of the country that can enhance prior knowledge on the geographical distribution of this species. We describe a 42-year-old female patient with neurological pain caused by the spider bite. Also, a summary of the entomological survey and morphological identification of the collected species from the patient's house is presented.

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Jalil Nejati, Rubén Bueno-Marí, Masoud Salehi, Mohammad Reza Akbari, and Mehran Shahi "First Record of Black Widow Spider Bite Latrodectus cinctus (Araneae: Theridiidae) From Iran," Journal of Medical Entomology 59(3), 1086-1089, (4 March 2022). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjac026

Received: 3 January 2022; Accepted: 3 February 2022; Published: 4 March 2022

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