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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]
Scytodes. Scytodes. Brown spitting spider (Scytodes fusca), female. Chilean tiger spider (Scytodes globula) Scytodes velutina. Scytodes Latreille, 1804.
Scytodidae spiders are haplogyne, meaning they lack hardened female genitalia.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.
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
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Scytodes longipes is a species of spitting spider in the family Scytodidae. It is found in Southern America, has been introduced into Pacific Islands, Guinea, Congo, Indonesia (Irian Jaya), and Australia (Queensland).
Scytodes globula, the Chilean tiger spider, is a predatory spider of the family Scytodidae.In Spanish, it is known as araña tigre, or "tiger spider", but is also well known as "long-legged spider" (because of the disproportional size of those members) or "spitting spider" (because of its hunting methods, in which it projects an extremely sticky web which immobilizes its prey).