First report of brown widow spider sightings in Peninsular Malaysia and notes on its global distribution

• Main Authors: Muslimin, M., Wilson, J.J., Ghazali, A.R., Braima, K.A., Jeffery, J., Wan-Nor, F., Alaa-Eldin, M.E., Mohd-Zin, S.W., Wan-Yusoff, W.S., Norma-Rashid, Y., Lau, Y.L., Rohela, M., Abdul-Aziz, N.M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2015
• Subjects: T Technology (General); TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/15833/1/First_report_of_brown_widow_spider_sightings_in_Peninsular_Malaysia_and_notes_on_.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/15833/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25995738
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Background: The brown widow spider (Latrodectus geometricus Koch, 1841) has colonised many parts of the world from its continent of origin, Africa. By at least 1841, the species had successfully established populations in South America and has more recently expanded its range to the southern states...