Scytodes fusca
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| Scytodes fusca | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Scytodidae |
| Genus: | Scytodes |
| Species: | S. fusca |
| Binomial name | |
| Scytodes fusca Walckenaer, 1837[1] | |
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Scytodes fusca is a species of spider in the family Scytodidae.[2] It is commonly known as the dark common spitting spider and is a cosmopolitan species that has been introduced to numerous regions worldwide.[3]
Scytodes fusca is a cosmopolitan species described by Walckenaer in 1837. Originally from Central and southern America, it has been introduced St. Helena, Europe, Africa, Seychelles, India, Myanmar, Indonesia, China, Japan, and Hawaii.[2]
In South Africa, it is recorded from six provinces and is found at elevations ranging from 16 to 1,618 m above sea level.[3]
Habitat and ecology
Description
missing legs
female with egg sac
