Scytodes
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Taxonomy · GBIF
Common Spitting Spider
PHYLUM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
Observations8,621
Grouparachnida
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- spitting spider
- Image
- Scytodes thoracica (aka).jpg
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Appearance
- Habitat
- Niche
- Distribution
- Behavior
- Reproduction
- Hunting
- Webs
- Spitting
- Diet
- Fossil record
- Species
- References
thumb|right|S. longipes drawn by F. O. Pickard-Cambridge
Scytodes is a genus of spitting spiders that occur all around the world, with the most widely distributed species being Scytodes thoracica, originally having a palearctic distribution but has since been introduced to North America, Argentina, India, Australia, Asia and New Zealand.