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Scytodidae  Blackwall, 1864 / Scytodes  Latreille, 1804   12 species

Scytodes venusta  (Thorell, 1890)

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 2023): Sri Lanka to Indonesia (Java). Introduced to the Netherlands
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Distribution List

"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.

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 (2023) World Spider Catalog. Version 24. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (14.02.2023) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

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