Genus Scytodes Latreille, 1804

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Genus Scytodes Latreille, 1804

Scytodes Latreille, P.A. 1804. Tableau méthodique des insectes. pp. 129-200 in Société de Naturalistes et d'Agriculteurs, Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, principalement à l'agriculture et à l'économie rurale et domestique. Tome XXIV. [Section 3:] tableaux méthodiques d'histoire naturelle. Déterville : Paris. pp. 84 + 4 + 85 + 238 + 18 + 34. [134] [Publication date established from Bonnet, P. 1961. Bibliographia Araneorum (1945–1961). Toulouse : Douadoure 3 vols].
Type species:
Aranea thoracica Latreille, 1802 by monotypy.
Secondary source:
Bonnet, P. 1961. Bibliographia Araneorum. Toulouse : Douadoure Vol. 2. [1945-1961]; Valerio, C.E. 1981. Spitting spiders (Araneae, Scytodidae, Scytodes) from Central America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 170: 80-89.

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

SCYTODIDAE: Scytodes striatipes L. Koch, 1872 — Rainbow, W.J. 1902. Notes on the architecture, nesting habits, and life histories of Australian Araneidae based on specimens in the Australian Museum. Part III. Records of the Australian Museum 4: 312-316 (a Polynesian species mistakenly reported from Sydney, NSW)

SCYTODIDAE: Scytodes thoracica Latreille, 1802 — Davies, V.T. 1985. Araneomorphae (in part). pp. 49-125 in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia Vol. 3 Mygalomorphae, Araneomorphae in part, Pseudoscorpionida, Amblypygi and Palpigradi. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service 183 pp. [106] (Scytodes sp. in houses in Sydney has been identified as S. perfecta by P.T. Lehtinen (Gray, M., pers. comm); the same species occurs in Brisbane, Mt Isa, QLD and Adelaide, SA)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Worldwide.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Plains (GUP), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
- South Australia: S Gulfs, SE coastal

Distribution References

Bonnet, P. 1961. Bibliographia Araneorum. Toulouse : Douadoure Vol. 2. [1945-1961]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Oct-2020	ARANEAE	15-Oct-2020	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020	ARANEOMORPHAE	09-Sep-2020	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020	ARANEOMORPHAE	15-Oct-2020	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020	ARANEOMORPHAE	15-Oct-2020	MODIFIED	Dr Federica Turco Jurgen Otto
15-Oct-2020		15-Oct-2020	MODIFIED
		15-Oct-2020	MODIFIED

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