List of Scytodidae species

This page lists all described species of the spider family Scytodidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog as of January 2024^[update]:^[1]

Dictis[edit]

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[edit]

Scyloxes Dunin, 1992

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

Scytodes[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ "Family: Scytodidae Blackwall,1864". World Spider Catalog Version 24.5. Natural History Museum Bern. 2024. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2024-01-12.

[NMBE-1] "Family: Scytodidae Blackwall,1864". World Spider Catalog Version 24.5. Natural History Museum Bern. 2024. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2024-01-12.

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