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Scytodidae  Blackwall, 1864 / Scytodes  Latreille, 1804   12 species

Scytodes venusta  (Thorell, 1890)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002907

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Description
Male

Prosoma length: 1.87 mm.

Female

Prosoma length: 2.1-2.8 mm.

Body length female: 4.75-5.5 mm
Additional information

In greenhouses in NL

This species of Asian origin is not native to Europe (alien species). It had been introduced to Europe at least once and did establish.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2021): Sri Lanka to Indonesia (Java). Introduced to the Netherlands
Figures
species

male Pedipalp
(Brignoli 1976a)

species

female Prosoma, dorsal view
(Kulczyński 1911b)

species

female Prosoma, dorsal view
(Kulczyński 1911b)

Distribution List
Netherlands   (no references) |||
References

Brignoli P M (1976a) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Scytodidae (Araneae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 83: 125-191 pdf

Kulczyński W (1911b) Symbola ad faunam Aranearum Javae et Sumatrae cognoscendam. II. Sicariidae, Dysderidae, Drassodidae, Zodariidae. Bulletin International de l'Academie des Sciences de Cracovie 1911: 451-496 pdf

WSC (2021) World Spider Catalog. Version 21.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (03.01.2021) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
06-01-2016 Image insert
07-05-2013 Image insert