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Scytodes is a genus of spitting spiders that occur all around the world. The most widely distributed species is Scytodes thoracica, which originally had a palearctic distribution, but has been introduced to North America, Argentina, India, Australia, and New Zealand. [1] The genus was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804. [2]
They have six eyes, like most spiders in this group, arranged in three pairs. They possess long legs and a dome-shaped cephalothorax, and are usually yellow or light brown with black spots or marks. Their domed head and three eye groups tend to resemble a human skull, giving them the occasional common name "skull spiders".
Scytodes. Scytodes. Brown spitting spider (Scytodes fusca), female. Chilean tiger spider (Scytodes globula) Scytodes velutina. Scytodes Latreille, 1804.
Scytodes thoracica is a spitting spider, so called because it spits a venomous sticky silken substance over its prey.Its size ranges between 3–6 mm (0.12–0.24 in). The carapace is unusual in sloping upwards towards its rear end, whereas the abdomen slopes downwa
Scytodes fusca, the brown spitting spider, is a species of spitting spider in the family Scytodidae. It is found in Central and Southern America, has been introduced into Europe, tropical Africa , Seychelles , Myanmar, China, Japan, and Hawaii.
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Scytodes thoracica, Common Spitting spider. Family Sparassidae. Delena cancerides, Flat Huntsman spider, Social Huntsman Spider or Avondale spider Holconia immanis, Sydney Huntsman spider, Large Huntsman spider, Giant Huntsman spider, Grey Huntsman Spider Neosparassus spp., Badge Huntsman spiders and Shield Huntsman spiders
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