Scytodes armata
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| Scytodes armata | |
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| S. armata from Costa Rica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Scytodidae |
| Genus: | Scytodes |
| Species: | S. armata |
| Binomial name | |
| Scytodes armata Brescovit & Rheims, 2001 | |
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Scytodes armata is a species of spitting spider in the family Scytodidae. It is endemic to Costa Rica.[1]
The species was first described by Antonio Domingos Brescovit and Cristina Anne Rheims in 2001.[2] Prior to its formal description, specimens of S. armata had been misidentified as Scytodes championi by Valerio in 1981.[3]
The specific name armata refers to the strong ventral spines along the male's first and second pairs of legs.[2]
