Taxon details


Scytodes thoracica (Latreille, 1802)

  • Rank: Species (Genus type)
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2024-04-16
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002900]
  • Distribution: Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Iran, temperate Asia to China, Korea, Japan. Introduced to North America, Argentina, South Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand
Type deposit: provide information
Taxonomic references
Aranea thoracica Latreille, 1802a: 56 (D).
Aranea thoracica Latreille, 1804a: 249 (D).
Scytodes thoracica Audouin, 1826: 378, pl. 5, f. 1 (Df).
Scytodes thoracica Walckenaer, 1837: 270 (Dmf).
Scytodes tigrina C. L. Koch, 1838: 87, f. 398 (Df).
Scytodes thoracica Lucas, 1846: 104, pl. 2, f. 3 (f).
Scytodes thoracica Lucas, 1849b: Atlas 3: 2, Arachnides pl. 2, f. 2-2c (f).
Scytodes cameratus Hentz, 1850: 35, pl. 4, f. 17 (Df).
Scytodes thoracica Vinson, 1863: 4, pl. 297, f. 1 (mf).
Scytodes thoracica Bertkau, 1875: 252, f. 17 (f).
Scytodes thoracica Simon, 1893a: 276, f. 232-235 (mf).
Scytodes thoracica Becker, 1896: 317, pl. 17, f. 23 (mf).
Scytodes thoracica Kulczyński, 1899: 337, pl. 6, f. 15 (f).
Scytodes thoracica Bösenberg, 1902: 218, pl. 19, f. 308 (mf).
Scytodes thoracica Emerton, 1902: 131, f. 312-313 (f).
Scytodes thoracica Lessert, 1910b: 35 (Dmf).
Scytodes thoracica Berland, 1932b: 273, f. 402 (m).
Scytodes thoracica Dyal, 1935: 154, pl. 14, f. 68-73 (f).
Scytodes thoracica Gerhardt, 1944: 13, f. 10 (m).
Scytodes thoracica Kaston, 1945b: 7, f. 22 (f).
Scytodes thoracica Kaston, 1948: 65, f. 17-21 (mf).
Scytodes thoracica Machado, 1951: 34, f. 61 (f).
Scytodes thoracica Locket & Millidge, 1951: 89, f. 45-46 (m).
Scytodes thoracica Wiehle, 1953: 33, f. 82-90 (mf).
Scytodes thoracica Kekenbosch, 1955: 10, f. 6 (m).
Scytodes thoracica Dabelow, 1958: 103, f. 9 (m).
Scytodes thoracica Wiehle, 1960c: 474, f. 19a-b (mf).
Scytodes thoracica Laurent, 1963: 288, f. 21 (m).
Scytodes thoracica Thaler, 1966: 152, f. 1 (m).
Scytodes thoracica Lee, 1966: 23, f. 4g-j (mf).
Scytodes thoracica Muller, 1967a: 127, f. 13 (m).
Scytodes thoracica Wiehle, 1967b: 184, f. 3-4 (mf).
Scytodes thoracica Loksa, 1969: 67, f. 44, 45A-F (mf).
Scytodes thoracica Howes, 1969: 916, f. A-C (m).
Scytodes thoracica Brignoli, 1969b: 124, f. 2, 4, 7, 10-13 (mf).
Scytodes thoracica Brignoli, 1976a: 148, f. 21-25 (f).
Scytodes thoracica Paik, 1978e: 221, f. 94.1-3 (mf).
Scytodes thoracica Hu, 1984: 73, f. 67.1 (f).
Scytodes thoracica Roberts, 1985: 58, f. 18e (m).
Scytodes thoracica Zhu & Shi, 1985: 65, f. 53a-d (f).
Scytodes thoracica Zhang, 1987: 56, f. 41.1-4 (mf).
Scytodes thoracica Xu, 1987a: 1, f. 2A-D (mf).
Scytodes thoracica Blick, 1989: 17, f. 2-3 (m).
Scytodes thoracica Chikuni, 1989b: 26, f. 1 (mf).
Scytodes thoracica Heimer, 1990: 11, f. 26-27 (mf).
Scytodes thoracica Feng, 1990: 44, f. 19.1-4 (mf).
Scytodes thoracica Chen & Gao, 1990: 38, f. 40 (f).
Scytodes thoracica Bürgis, 1990: 290, f. 2-7 (mf).
Scytodes thoracica Chen & Zhang, 1991: 69, f. 61.1-4 (mf).
Scytodes thoracica Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 42, f. 85 (mf).
Scytodes thoracica Roberts, 1995: 93, f. (m).
Scytodes thoracica Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 37, f. 14a-c (f).
Scytodes thoracica Roberts, 1998: 96, f. (m).
Scytodes thoracica Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 49, f. 11F, 20A, H (mf).
Scytodes thoracica Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 69, f. 27A-C (mf).
Scytodes thoracica Namkung, 2002: 32, f. 3.1a-b (mf).
Scytodes thoracica Kim & Cho, 2002: 61, f. 19-24 (f).
Scytodes thoracica Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 204, f. 2283-2285 (mf).
Scytodes thoracica Namkung, 2003: 32, f. 3.1a-b (mf).
Scytodes thoracica Ono, 2009a: 124, f. 10-12 (mf).
Scytodes thoracica Paquin, Vink & Dupérré, 2010: 36, f. 13.1-4 (mf).
Scytodes thoracica Le Peru, 2011: 114, f. 115 (mf).
Scytodes thoracica Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 43, f. 16A-C (mf).
Scytodes thoracica Yin et al., 2012: 153, f. 24a-d (mf).
Scytodes thoracica Özkütük et al., 2013a: 14, f. 6a-h (mf).
Scytodes thoracica Van Keer & Bosmans, 2014: 136, f. 21-22, 25, 30 (mf; N.B.: records from the Maghreb may be attributed to S. seppoi).
Scytodes thoracica Sen et al., 2015: 23, f. 34-38, pl.12 (f).
Scytodes thoracica Kim & Lee, 2018c: 23, f. 10A-D, pl. 5 (mf).
Scytodes thoracica Paquin & Lebrun, 2021: 74, f. 1-4 (mf).
Scytodes thoracica Rozwałka & Czaja, 2021a: 1, f. 1a-e (mf).
Scytodes thoracica Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021u: 35, 6 f. (mf).
References

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Barrion, A. T. & Litsinger, J. A. (1995). Riceland spiders of South and Southeast Asia. CAB International, Wallingford, UK, 700 pp., 16 pls. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Becker, L. (1896). Les arachnides de Belgique, deuxième et troisième parties. Annales du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 12(2): 1-127, pl. 1-25 & 12(3): 1-378, pl. 1-18. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.48721 download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Berland, L. (1932b). Les Arachnides (Scorpions, Araignées, etc.). In: Encyclopédie entomologique. Paris 16, 1-485. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Bertkau, P. (1875). Ueber den Generationsapparat der Araneïden. Ein Beitrag zur Anatomie und Biologie derselben. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 41(1): 235-262, pl. 7. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Blick, T. (1989). Die Spei- oder Leimschleuderspinne Scytodes thoracica Latreille, 1804, eine für Mittelfranken neue Spinnenart (Arachnida, Araneae, Scytodidae). Natur und Mensch 1988: 17-19. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Bösenberg, W. (1902). Die Spinnen Deutschlands. II-IV. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 14(2-4): 97-384, pl. 9-36. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6508 download pdf download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Brignoli, P. M. (1969b). Note sugli Scytodidae d'Italia e Malta (Araneae). Fragmenta Entomologica 6: 121-166. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Brignoli, P. M. (1976a). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Scytodidae (Araneae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 83(1): 125-191. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Bürgis, H. (1990). Die Speispinne Scytodes thoracica (Araneae: Sicariidae). Ein Beitrag zur Morphologie und Biologie. Mitteilungen der Pollichia 77: 289-313. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Chen, X. E. & Gao, J. C. (1990). The Sichuan farmland spiders in China. Sichuan Science and Technology Publishing House, Chengdu, 226 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Chen, Z. F. & Zhang, Z. H. (1991). Fauna of Zhejiang: Araneida. Zhejiang Science and Technology Publishing House, Hangzhou, 356 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Chikuni, Y. (1989b). Pictorial encyclopedia of spiders in Japan. Kaisei-sha Publishing Co., Tokyo, 310 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Dabelow, S. (1958). Zur Biologie der Leimschleuderspinne Scytodes thoracica (Latrielle). Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 86: 85-126. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Booysen, R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2021u). The Scytodidae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 41 pp. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7157802 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Dyal, S. (1935). Fauna of Lahore. 4.–Spiders of Lahore. Bulletin of the Department of Zoology of the Panjab University 1: 119-252, pl. 11-17. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Emerton, J. H. (1902). The common spiders of the United States. Boston, 225 pp. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.5617 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Feng, Z. Q. (1990). Spiders of China in colour. Hunan Science and Technology Publishing House, 256 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Gerhardt, U. (1944). Die Formwandlungen eines Organtypus, dargestellt an dem Taster der männlichen Spinnen. Die Gestalt, Halle (Saale) 17: 9-24, pl. 1-5. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Heimer, S. (1990). Untersuchungen zur Evolution der Kopulationsorgane bei Spinnen (Arachnida, Araneae). Entomologische Abhandlungen, Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden 53: 1-25, 97-123. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Heimer, S. & Nentwig, W. (1991). Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Hentz, N. M. (1850). Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston Journal of Natural History 6: 18-35, 271-295. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Howes, C. A. (1969). The occurrence of Scytodes thoracica, Latrielle, in Devon. Journal of the Devon Trust for Nature Conservation 12: 916-919. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Hu, J. L. (1984). The Chinese spiders collected from the fields and the forests. Tianjin Science and Technology Press, 482 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Kaston, B. J. (1945b). New Micryphantidae and Dictynidae with notes on other spiders. American Museum Novitates 1292: 1-14. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Kaston, B. J. (1948). Spiders of Connecticut. Bulletin of the Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey 70: 1-874. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Kekenbosch, J. (1955). Notes sur les araignées de la faune de Belgique. I.-Oonopidae, Dysderidae, Scytodidae. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 31(60): 1-12. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Kim, J. P. & Cho, J. H. (2002). Spider: Natural Enemy & Resources. Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), 424 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Kim, S. T. & Lee, S. Y. (2018c). Spiders IV. Arthropoda: Arachnida: Araneae: Atypidae, Scytodidae, Nesticidae, Anapidae, Ctenidae, Hahniidae, Miturgidae, Liocranidae, Trochanteriidae. Invertebrate Fauna of Korea 21(45): 1-79. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Koch, C. L. (1838). Die Arachniden. C. H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg, Vierter Band, pp. 109-144, pl. 139-144 (f. 319-339); Fünfter Band, pp. 1-124, pl. 145-174 (f. 340-417). [for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.43744 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Kulczyński, W. (1899). Arachnoidea opera Rev. E. Schmitz collecta in insulis Maderianis et in insulis Selvages dictis. Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzen Wydzialu Matematyczno Przyrodniczego Akademji Umiejetnosci, Krakow 36: 319-461. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Latreille, P. A. (1802a). Famille seconde. Arachnides. In: Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes. Tome troisième. F. Dufart, Paris, pp. 48-59. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.15764 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Latreille, P. A. (1804a). Arachnides. In: Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes. Tome septième. Dufart, Paris, pp. 144-305. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.15764 download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Le Peru, B. (2011). The spiders of Europe, a synthesis of data: Volume 1 Atypidae to Theridiidae. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 2: 1-522. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Loksa, I. (1969). Araneae I. Fauna Hungariae 97: 1-133. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Lucas, H. (1846). Histoire naturelle des animaux articulés. In: Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie pendant les années 1840, 1841, 1842 publiée par ordre du Gouvernement et avec le concours d'une commission académique. Paris, Sciences physiques, Zoologie 1, 89-271, pl. 1-17. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.112444 download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Paquin, P. & Dupérré, N. (2003). Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Supplement 11: 1-251. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Paquin, P. & Lebrun, L. (2021). Scytodes thoracica (Latreille 1802) (Araneae: Scytodidae), une addition à l'aranéofaune du Québec. Hutchinsonia 1: 74-76. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Rozwałka, R. & Czaja, M. (2021a). [Distribution of Scytodes thoracica (Latreille, 1802) (Araneae: Scytodidae) in Poland]. Acta Entomologica Silesiana 29(8): 1-6. doi:10.5281/zenodo.4724531 download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Wiehle, H. (1960c). Der Embolus des männlichen Spinnentasters. Verhandlungen der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft 1960: 457-480. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Wiehle, H. (1967b). Meta,-eine semientelegyne Gattung der Araneae (Arach.). Senckenbergiana Biologica 48: 183-196. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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2022-10-18 New taxonomic reference entry Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021u n/a
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