Biology:List of Scytodidae species

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This page lists all described species of the spider family Scytodidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog (As of January 2024):

Dictis

Dictis L. Koch, 1872

• D. edwardsi Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 — China (Hainan)
• D. elongata Dankittipakul & Singtripop, 2010 — Thailand, Laos
• D. oranhutan Fomichev & Omelko, 2023 — Indonesia (Sumatra)
• D. soeur Saaristo, 1997 — Seychelles
• D. striatipes L. Koch, 1872 (type) — Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Iran, tropical Asia, Korea, Japan, China to Australia, Pacific Isles. Introduced to USA, Mexico
• D. thailandica Dankittipakul & Singtripop, 2010 — Thailand
• D. uncata Wu, M. Y. Zhang, M. M. Zhang & Yang, 2023 — China

Scyloxes

Scyloxes Dunin, 1992

• S. asiatica Dunin, 1992 (type) — Tajikistan
• S. magna Bristowe, 1952 — Malaysia
• S. zhaoi Wu & Li, 2017 — Thailand

Scytodes

Scytodes

Brown spitting spider
(Scytodes fusca), female

Chilean tiger spider
(Scytodes globula)

Scytodes velutina

Scytodes Latreille, 1804

• S. adisi Rheims & Brescovit, 2009 — Brazil
• S. aethiopica Simon, 1907 — Ethiopia
• S. affinis Kulczyński, 1901 — Ethiopia
• S. aharonii Strand, 1914 — Israel
• S. akytaba Rheims & Brescovit, 2006 — Brazil
• S. alayoi Alayón, 1977 — Mexico, Cuba
• S. albiapicalis Strand, 1907 — China
• S. alcomitzli Rheims, Brescovit & Durán-Barrón, 2007 — Mexico
• S. alfredi Gajbe, 2004 — India
• S. altamira Rheims & Brescovit, 2000 — Brazil
• S. annulipes Simon, 1907 — Algeria, Tunisia, Libya
• S. antonina Rheims & Brescovit, 2009 — Brazil
• S. apuecatu Rheims & Brescovit, 2006 — Brazil
• S. arboricola Millot, 1946 — Ivory Coast
• S. arenacea Purcell, 1904 — Namibia, South Africa
• S. armata Brescovit & Rheims, 2001 — Costa Rica
• S. aruensis Strand, 1911 — Indonesia (Aru Is.)
• S. arwa Rheims, Brescovit & van Harten, 2006 — Yemen, Iran
• S. atlacamani Rheims, Brescovit & Durán-Barrón, 2007 — Mexico
• S. atlacoya Rheims, Brescovit & Durán-Barrón, 2007 — Mexico
• S. atlatonin Rheims, Brescovit & Durán-Barrón, 2007 — Mexico
• S. auricula Rheims & Brescovit, 2000 — Brazil
• S. balbina Rheims & Brescovit, 2000 — Brazil
• S. becki Rheims & Brescovit, 2001 — Brazil
• S. bertheloti Lucas, 1838 — Mediterranean to Turkmenistan
• S. bilqis Rheims, Brescovit & van Harten, 2006 — Yemen
• S. blanda Bryant, 1940 — Cuba
• S. bocaina Rheims & Brescovit, 2009 — Brazil
• S. bonito Rheims & Brescovit, 2009 — Brazil
• S. brignolii Rheims & Brescovit, 2009 — Brazil
• S. broomi Pocock, 1902 — Namibia, South Africa
• S. brunnea González-Sponga, 2004 — Venezuela
• S. caffra Purcell, 1904 — South Africa
• S. caipora Rheims & Brescovit, 2004 — Brazil
• S. camerunensis Strand, 1906 — Cameroon
• S. canariensis Wunderlich, 1987 — Canary Is.
• S. caratinga Rheims & Brescovit, 2009 — Brazil
• S. caure Rheims & Brescovit, 2004 — Brazil
• S. cavernarum Roewer, 1962 — Malaysia
• S. cedri Purcell, 1904 — South Africa
• S. cellularis Simon, 1907 — Congo
• S. championi F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 — Mexico to Brazil
• S. chantico Rheims, Brescovit & Durán-Barrón, 2007 — Mexico
• S. chapeco Rheims & Brescovit, 2009 — Brazil
• S. chiconahui Rheims, Brescovit & Durán-Barrón, 2007 — Mexico
• S. chiquimula Brescovit & Rheims, 2001 — Guatemala
• S. chopim Rheims & Brescovit, 2009 — Brazil
• S. clavata Benoit, 1965 — Congo
• S. cogu Brescovit & Rheims, 2001 — Costa Rica
• S. congoanus Strand, 1908 — Congo
• S. constellata Lawrence, 1938 — South Africa
• S. coronata Thorell, 1899 — West Africa
• S. cotopitoka Rheims, Barreiros, Brescovit & Bonaldo, 2005 — Brazil
• S. cubensis Alayón, 1977 — Cuba, Trinidad
• S. curimaguana González-Sponga, 2004 — Venezuela
• S. curupira Rheims & Brescovit, 2004 — Brazil
• S. darlingtoni Alayón, 1977 — Cuba
• S. diminuta Valerio, 1981 — Costa Rica
• S. dissimulans Petrunkevitch, 1929 — Puerto Rico
• S. dollfusi Millot, 1941 — Ivory Coast
• S. domhelvecio Rheims & Brescovit, 2009 — Brazil
• S. dorothea Gertsch, 1935 — USA
• S. drakensbergensis Lawrence, 1947 — South Africa
• S. edwardsi Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 — China (Hainan)
• S. eleonorae Rheims & Brescovit, 2001 — Brazil
• S. elizabethae Purcell, 1904 — South Africa
• S. farri Alayón, 1985 — Jamaica
• S. flagellata Purcell, 1904 — South Africa
• S. florifera Yin & Xu, 2012 — China
• S. fourchei Lessert, 1939 — Central, East Africa
• S. fusca Walckenaer, 1837 — Central and Southern America. Introduced to Europe, tropical Africa, Seychelles, Myanmar, China, Japan, Hawaii
• S. genebra Rheims & Brescovit, 2009 — Brazil
• S. gertschi Valerio, 1981 — Panama
• S. gilva (Thorell, 1887) — India, Myanmar
• S. globula Nicolet, 1849 — Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile
• S. gooldi Purcell, 1904 — South Africa
• S. grammocephala Simon, 1909 — Vietnam
• S. guapiassu Rheims & Brescovit, 2009 — Brazil
• S. guttipes Simon, 1893 — Venezuela, Trinidad
• S. hahahae Rheims & Brescovit, 2001 — Brazil
• S. humilis L. Koch, 1875 — Ethiopia
• S. iabaday Rheims & Brescovit, 2001 — Brazil
• S. iara Rheims & Brescovit, 2004 — Brazil
• S. ilhota Rheims & Brescovit, 2009 — Brazil
• S. imbituba Rheims & Brescovit, 2009 — Brazil
• S. immaculata L. Koch, 1875 — Egypt, Greece
• S. insperata Soares & Camargo, 1948 — Brazil
• S. intricata Banks, 1909 — Mexico to Costa Rica
• S. itabaiana Rheims & Brescovit, 2009 — Brazil
• S. itacuruassu Rheims & Brescovit, 2006 — Brazil
• S. itapecerica Rheims & Brescovit, 2009 — Brazil
• S. itapevi Brescovit & Rheims, 2000 — Brazil
• S. itzana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1938 — Mexico
• S. itzli Rheims, Brescovit & Durán-Barrón, 2007 — Mexico
• S. janauari Brescovit & Höfer, 1999 — Brazil
• S. jousseaumei Simon, 1907 — Djibouti
• S. jurubatuba Rheims & Brescovit, 2009 — Brazil
• S. jurupari Rheims & Brescovit, 2004 — Brazil
• S. jyapara Rheims & Brescovit, 2006 — Brazil
• S. kaokoensis Lawrence, 1928 — Namibia
• S. karrooica Purcell, 1904 — South Africa
• S. kinsukus Patel, 1975 — India
• S. kinzelbachi Wunderlich, 1995 — Turkey, Jordan
• S. kumonga Zamani & Marusik, 2020 — Iran
• S. lanceolata Purcell, 1904 — South Africa
• S. lawrencei Lessert, 1939 — Central, East Africa
• S. leipoldti Purcell, 1904 — South Africa
• S. leprosula Strand, 1913 — Central Africa
• S. lesserti Millot, 1941 — Guinea
• S. lewisi Alayón, 1985 — Jamaica
• S. lineatipes Taczanowski, 1874 — Venezuela to Paraguay
• S. liui Wang, 1994 — China
• S. longipes Lucas, 1844 — Central and South America. Introduced to Guinea, DR Congo, Indonesia (New Guinea), Japan, Australia (Queensland), Pacific Is., Hawaii
  • S. l. simplex Franganillo, 1926 — Cuba
• S. lorenzoi Alayón, 1977 — Cuba
• S. lugubris (Thorell, 1887) — Tropical Asia. Introduced to Hawaii, Mexico
• S. luteola Simon, 1893 — Venezuela
• S. lycosella Purcell, 1904 — South Africa
• S. lyriformis Purcell, 1904 — South Africa
• S. magna Bristowe, 1952 — Malaysia
• S. major Simon, 1886 — Africa
• S. makeda Rheims, Brescovit & van Harten, 2006 — Yemen, Oman, Iran
• S. mangabeiras Rheims & Brescovit, 2009 — Brazil
• S. mapia Rheims & Brescovit, 2000 — Brazil
• S. mapinguari Rheims & Brescovit, 2004 — Brazil
• S. maquine Rheims & Brescovit, 2009 — Brazil
• S. maresi Rheims & Brescovit, 2001 — Brazil
• S. maritima Lawrence, 1938 — South Africa
• S. marlieria Rheims & Brescovit, 2009 — Brazil
• S. maromba Rheims & Brescovit, 2009 — Brazil
• S. marshalli Pocock, 1902 — South Africa
• S. martiusi Brescovit & Höfer, 1999 — Brazil
• S. mawphlongensis Tikader, 1966 — India, Nepal, Thailand
• S. mayahuel Rheims, Brescovit & Durán-Barrón, 2007 — Mexico
• S. montana Purcell, 1904 — South Africa
• S. monticola González-Sponga, 2004 — Venezuela
• S. multilineata Thorell, 1899 — West, Central Africa
• S. nambiobyrassu Rheims & Brescovit, 2009 — Brazil
• S. nambiussu Rheims & Brescovit, 2006 — Brazil
• S. nanahuatzin Rheims, Brescovit & Durán-Barrón, 2007 — Mexico
• S. nigristernis Simon, 1907 — Guinea-Bissau
• S. noeli Alayón, 1977 — Cuba
• S. obelisci Denis, 1947 — Egypt
• S. opoxtli Rheims, Brescovit & Durán-Barrón, 2007 — Mexico
• S. oswaldi Lenz, 1891 — Madagascar
• S. paarmanni Brescovit & Höfer, 1999 — Brazil
• S. pallida Doleschall, 1859 — India, China, Philippines, New Guinea
• S. panamensis Brescovit & Rheims, 2001 — Panama
• S. panguana Brescovit & Höfer, 1999 — Peru
• S. paramera González-Sponga, 2004 — Venezuela
• S. pholcoides Simon, 1898 — Seychelles
• S. pintodarochai Rheims & Brescovit, 2009 — Brazil
• S. piroca Rheims & Brescovit, 2000 — Brazil
• S. piyampisi Rheims, Barreiros, Brescovit & Bonaldo, 2005 — Brazil
• S. propinqua Stoliczka, 1869 — Pakistan, India
• S. pulchella Berland, 1914 — East Africa
• S. punctipes Simon, 1907 — São Tomé and Príncipe
• S. quarta Lawrence, 1927 — Namibia
• S. quattuordecemmaculata Strand, 1907 — China
• S. quinqua Lawrence, 1927 — Namibia
• S. redempta Chamberlin, 1924 — Mexico
• S. reticulata Jézéquel, 1964 — Ivory Coast
• S. robertoi Alayón, 1977 — Cuba
• S. rubra Lawrence, 1937 — South Africa
• S. ruizensis Strand, 1914 — Colombia
• S. rupestris González-Sponga, 2004 — Venezuela
• S. saaristoi Rheims & Brescovit, 2009 — Brazil
• S. saci Rheims & Brescovit, 2004 — Brazil
• S. sansibarica Strand, 1907 — Tanzania (Zanzibar)
• S. schultzei Purcell, 1908 — South Africa
• S. semipullata (Simon, 1909) — Tibet
• S. seppoi Bosmans & Van Keer, 2014 — Algeria, Tunisia
• S. sexstriata Roewer, 1960 — Afghanistan
• S. silvatica Purcell, 1904 — South Africa
• S. sincora Rheims & Brescovit, 2009 — Brazil
• S. skuki Rheims & Brescovit, 2001 — Brazil
• S. socialis Miller, 2006 — Madagascar
• S. sordida Dyal, 1935 — Pakistan
• S. stoliczkai Simon, 1897 — India
• S. strandi Spassky, 1941 — Iran, Central Asia
• S. strussmannae Rheims & Brescovit, 2001 — Brazil
• S. subadulta Strand, 1911 — Indonesia (Aru Is.)
• S. subulata Purcell, 1904 — South Africa
• S. symmetrica Lawrence, 1938 — South Africa
• S. tabuleiro Rheims & Brescovit, 2009 — Brazil
• S. tacapepucu Rheims & Brescovit, 2006 — Brazil
• S. tapacura Rheims & Brescovit, 2009 — Brazil
• S. tapuia Rheims & Brescovit, 2009 — Brazil
• S. tardigrada Thorell, 1881 — Myanmar, New Guinea, Australia (Queensland)
• S. tegucigalpa Brescovit & Rheims, 2001 — Honduras
• S. tenerifensis Wunderlich, 1987 — Canary Is.
• S. tertia Lawrence, 1927 — Angola, Namibia
• S. testudo Purcell, 1904 — South Africa
• S. tezcatlipoca Rheims, Brescovit & Durán-Barrón, 2007 — Mexico
• S. thoracica (Latreille, 1802) (type) — Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Iran, temperate Asia to China, Korea, Japan. Introduced to North America, Argentina, South Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand
• S. tinkuan Rheims & Brescovit, 2004 — Brazil
• S. tlaloc Rheims, Brescovit & Durán-Barrón, 2007 — Mexico
• S. triangulifera Purcell, 1904 — South Africa
• S. trifoliata Lawrence, 1938 — South Africa
• S. tropofila González-Sponga, 2004 — Venezuela
• S. turvo Rheims & Brescovit, 2009 — Brazil
• S. tuyucua Brescovit, Rheims & Raizer, 2004 — Brazil
• S. tyaia Rheims & Brescovit, 2009 — Brazil
• S. tyaiamiri Rheims & Brescovit, 2006 — Brazil
• S. tyaiapyssanga Rheims & Brescovit, 2006 — Brazil
• S. tzitzimime Rheims, Brescovit & Durán-Barrón, 2007 — Mexico
• S. uligocetes Valerio, 1981 — Costa Rica
• S. una Rheims & Brescovit, 2009 — Brazil
• S. univittata Simon, 1882 — Egypt, Iran, India, Turkmenia, Kirghizia. Introduced to Hawaii, Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, Canary Is., Spain
  • S. u. unilineata Thorell, 1887 — Myanmar
• S. upia Rheims & Brescovit, 2006 — Brazil
• S. vassununga Rheims & Brescovit, 2009 — Brazil
• S. vaurieorum Brescovit & Rheims, 2001 — Mexico, Guatemala
• S. velutina Heineken & Lowe, 1832 — Mediterranean, Cape Verde Is., Seychelles
• S. venusta (Thorell, 1890) — Sri Lanka to Indonesia (Java). Introduced to the Netherlands
• S. vieirae Rheims & Brescovit, 2000 — Brazil
• S. vittata Keyserling, 1877 — Colombia, Brazil
• S. xai Rheims & Brescovit, 2006 — Brazil
• S. ybyrapesse Rheims & Brescovit, 2006 — Brazil
• S. yphanta Wang, 1994 — China
• S. yssaiapari Rheims & Brescovit, 2006 — Brazil
• S. ytu Rheims & Brescovit, 2009 — Brazil
• S. zamena Wang, 1994 — China
• S. zamorano Brescovit & Rheims, 2001 — Honduras
• S. zapatana Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940 — USA

Stedocys

Stedocys Ono, 1995

• S. amamiensis Suguro, 2019 — Japan
• S. gaolingensis Wu & Li, 2017 — China
• S. huangniuensis Wu & Li, 2017 — China
• S. leopoldi (Giltay, 1935) — Malaysia, Thailand
• S. ludiyanensis Wu & Li, 2017 — China
• S. matuoensis Wu & Li, 2017 — China
• S. pagodas Labarque, Grismado, Ramírez, Yan & Griswold, 2009 — China
• S. pulianensis Wu & Li, 2017 — China
• S. shilinensis Wu & Li, 2017 — China
• S. uenorum Ono, 1995 (type) — Thailand
• S. xiangzhouensis Wu & Li, 2017 — China
• S. xianrenensis Wu & Li, 2017 — China
• S. vittiformis Chen, Liang, Yin, Xu & Wei, 2021 — China