Arachne
It has also been suggested that Jeremias Gotthelf's nineteenth century novella, "The Black Spider", was heavily influenced by the Arachne story from Ovid's "Metamorphoses". In the novella, a woman is turned into a venomous spider having reneged on a deal with the devil.
Eresus
Eresus is a genus of velvet spiders comprising several species. Members of the genus formerly called "Eresus cinnaberinus" or "Eresus niger" are now placed in one of three species: "Eresus kollari", "Eresus sandaliatus" and "Eresus moravicus". All have been called "ladybird spiders".