31) Latrodectus hasselti Thorell, 1870

Records: Helmand: [Hel5], Laghman: [Lagh1].

Distribution: Southeast Asia to Australia. Introduced to Pakistan, India, Japan, New Zealand.

References:

Latrodectus hasselti: Roewer 1962b: 7.

Comments: This species is misidentified.Most likely, the material belongs to Steatoda paykulliana (Walckenaer, 1806); see Zamani et al. (2022a: 380).