First report of brown widow spider sightings in Peninsular Malaysia and notes on its global distribution
AUTOR(ES)
Muslimin, Mustakiza, Wilson, John-James, Ghazali, Amir-Ridhwan M, Braima, Kamil A, Jeffery, John, Wan-Nor, Fitri, Alaa-Eldin, Mohamed E, Mohd-Zin, Siti-Waheeda, Wan-Yusoff, Wan S, Norma-Rashid, Yusoff, Lau, Yee L, Rohela, Mahmud, Abdul-Aziz, Noraishah M
FONTE
J. Venom. Anim. Toxins incl. Trop. Dis
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
11/08/2015
RESUMO
The brown widow spider (
We performed an extensive web search of brown widow sightings and mapped the location of each sighting using ArcGIS. Specimens reputedly of the species
The spiders found in Peninsular Malaysia were confirmed to be
Reports from the Americas and the Far East suggest a global-wide invasion of the brown widow spider. Herein we report the arrival of the brown widow spider in Peninsular Malaysia and provide notes on the identification of the species and its recently expanded range.
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