Scytodes subulata

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Scytodes subulata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Scytodidae
Genus: Scytodes
Species:
S. subulata
Binomial name
Scytodes subulata

Scytodes subulata is a species of spider in the family Scytodidae.[2] It is endemic to South Africa.[3]

Scytodes subulata is found only in the Western Cape Province, where it is known from Malmesbury and St. Helena Bay Stompneus.[3]

Habitat and ecology

The species inhabits the Fynbos biome at an altitude of 109 m above sea level. It is a wandering spider collected from under stones and dark places on the soil surface.[3]

Description

On the carapace, the posterior half of each inner stripe is separated from the anterior half just behind the transverse bridge which joins the outer and inner stripes, while the femora of the legs are not spotted but provided with a very distinct basal, mesial, and distal black band. The markings closely resemble those of S. leipoldti.[3]

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