1. This family includes the medically important Latrodectus genus the widow spiders. 2. The public is not entirely immune to the lure of the Latrodectus . 3. "Latrodectus hesperus " can be found in western regions of North America. 4. Diagnosis is obvious in most people reporting contact with a " Latrodectus " spider. 5. This advantage correlates with high paternal success in the species " Latrodectus hasselti ". 6. The bite of a female Latrodectus mactans can inject a neurotoxin that is potentially fatal to humans. 7. However, despite the genus'notoriety, " Latrodectus " bites are rarely fatal. 8. It is a parasitoid of the venomous redback spider ( " Latrodectus hasseltii " ). 9. The most widely known of those spiders are the black widows, " Latrodectus mactans ". 10. The males from the species " Latrodectus hesperus " show high mate preference for better conditioned females.
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