{{Short description|Species of spider}} {{more citations needed|date=February 2016}} {{Speciesbox | image = Latrodectus corallinus.JPG | taxon = Latrodectus corallinus | authority =Ábalos, 1980<ref name=WSC_s39041/> }}

'''''Latrodectus corallinus''''' is a species of widow spider native to Argentina.<ref name=WSC_s39041/> It is approximately {{convert|12|mm|in}} in size, and is primarily black with large, red markings on its abdomen, as well as a red, square-like ring under its abdomen.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

== Distribution and habitat == ''Latrodectus corallinus'' is native to Argentina.<ref name=WSC_s39041/> It is found both outdoors and indoors, and is commonly found in agricultural fields.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

==Habits== ''Latrodectus corallinus'', like most species of ''Latrodectus'', is not aggressive. The peak time of activity for ''Latrodectus corallinus'' is between the months of December and March (summer in the Southern Hemisphere).{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=WSC_s39041>{{citation |title=Taxon details ''Latrodectus corallinus'' Abalos, 1980 |work=World Spider Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern |url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/species/39041 |accessdate=2016-02-04 }}</ref> }}

==External links== *[http://www.sklipkani.cz/full.php?id=1032 Underside of ''Latrodectus corallinus''] (Good view of square-like ring on underside of abdomen.)

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corallinus Category:Spiders of Argentina Category:Spiders described in 1980 Category:Taxa named by Jorge Washington Ábalos

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