MORPHOMETRIC AND ECOLOGY OF LATRODECTUS MACTANS SPECIES FROM DISTRICT KECH, BALOCHISTAN

Abstract

The species of Latrodectus mactans (Fabricius, 1775), generally identified as black widow’s spider, this species a homeopathically very important. This species belongs to family theridiidae have its place into genus Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1805. This genus generally involves about 29 designated species which are spread across hot, temperate, subtropical regions of worldwide (Garb, González, & Gillespie, 2004). Widows spider are familiar for strong neurotoxic virulence, mainly comprising the α-latrotoxin, which brings huge neurotransmitter discharge on presynaptic nerve termini and its results as medical syndrome identified as latrodectism (Vetter & Isbister, 2008). Owing to diverse morphology, ecology, and toxically importance