Taxon details

Family: Scytodidae / Genus: Dictis

Dictis striatipes L. Koch, 1872

  • Rank: Species (Genus type)
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2023-08-29
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002778]
  • Distribution: Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Iran, tropical Asia, Korea, Japan, China to Australia, Pacific Isles. Introduced to USA, Mexico
Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), Mumbai, India; f of Dictis mumbaiensis (Ahmed et al., 2015b)
  • Holotype: Museo Civico Storia Naturale G. Doria, Genova (MCSNG), Italy; m of Scytodes lugubris (Zamani et al., 2022a)
  • Holotype: Instituto Butantan, São Paulo (IBSP), Brazil; f (35559) of Scytodes bilqis (Zamani et al., 2022a)
  • Holotype: Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la ville de Genève (MHNG), Geneva, Switzerland; m of Dictis denticulata (Zamani et al., 2022a)
  • Holotype: Forest Training Institute, Chikhaldara, Amravati, Maharashtra, India; m of Dictis ganeshi (Zamani et al., 2022a)
  • Lectotype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany; f (A0002298) (Zamani et al., 2022a)
  • Paratype: Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), Mumbai, India; 1f of Dictis mumbaiensis (Ahmed et al., 2015b)
  • Paratype: Instituto Butantan, São Paulo (IBSP), Brazil; 2f (35560, 35565; destroyed) of Scytodes bilqis (Zamani et al., 2022a)
  • Paratype: Natural History Collection Yemen (NHCY); 1m of Scytodes bilqis (Zamani et al., 2022a)
  • Paratype: Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la ville de Genève (MHNG), Geneva, Switzerland; 7m 10f of Dictis denticulata (Zamani et al., 2022a)
  • Paratype: Natural History Museum, National Science Museum (THNHM), Bangkok, Thailand ; 1m 6f of Dictis denticulata (Zamani et al., 2022a)
  • Paralectotype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany; 1j (A0015358) (Zamani et al., 2022a)
Taxonomic references
Dictis striatipes L. Koch, 1872a: 294, pl. 24, f. 5 (Df).
Dictis nigrolineata Simon, 1880b: 123 (Df).
Dictis lugubris Thorell, 1887: 86 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002846].
Scytodes nigrolineata Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 114, pl. 6, f. 62, 71, pl. 12, f. 267, pl. 15, f. 441 (Dmf).
Scytodes lugubris Kulczyński, 1911b: 456, pl. 21, f. 6, 9 (f).
Scytodes striatipes Berland, 1924a: 185, f. 38 (Dm).
Scytodes striatipes Berland, 1935: 43, f. 1-2 (f).
Scytodes lugubris Lessert, 1939: 11, f. 19-22 (f, Dm).
Scythodes depressus Schenkel, 1953b: 14, f. 7a-b (Dm).
Scytodes nigrolineatus Schenkel, 1963: 28, f. 10 (m).
Scytodes striatipes Roewer, 1963a: 130, f. 10a-d (mf).
Scytodes nigrolineata Lee, 1966: 24, f. 4k-l (m).
Scytodes lugubris Brignoli, 1976a: 173, f. 105, 111, 114-115 (mf).
Scytodes nigrolineata Paik, 1978e: 219, f. 93.1-4 (mf).
Scytodes striatipes Song & Hubert, 1983: 2 (S of Scytodes depressa and S. nigrolineata).
Scytodes striatipes Yoshikura, 1987: 267, f. 35.2B (f).
Scytodes striatipes Xu, 1987a: 2, f. 3A-D (mf).
Dictis striatipes Saaristo, 1997c: 56 (T from Scytodes).
Scytodes striatipes Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 49, f. 20E-G (m).
Scytodes striatipes Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 68, f. 26 (m).
Scytodes striatipes Namkung, 2002: 33, f. 3.2a-b (mf).
Dictis striatipes Namkung, 2003: 33, f. 3.2a-b (mf).
Scytodes bilqis Rheims, Brescovit & van Harten, 2006: 161, f. 1-5 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039521].
Scytodes lugubris Rheims, Brescovit & Durán-Barrón, 2007: 105, f. 20-22, 90-93 (mf).
Dictis striatipes Ono, 2009a: 124, f. 1-7 (mf).
Dictis denticulata Dankittipakul & Singtripop, 2010: 126, f. 1, 3, 7, 9, 17-20, 47, 50, 52 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043258].
Dictis striatipes Yin et al., 2012: 150, f. 22a-e (mf).
Dictis ganeshi Keswani, 2015a: 1, f. 1-5 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047891].
Dictis mumbaiensis Ahmed et al., 2015b: 60, f. 1-6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047895].
Dictis striatipes Kim & Lee, 2018c: 22, f. 9A-F (mf).
Scytodes lugubris Caleb, 2020b: 15743, f. 20A-D, 29M (f).
Dictis striatipes Suguro, 2020c: 1, f. 1-5 (mf).
Scytodes lugubris Gómez-Moreno, Chamé-Vázquez & Jiménez, 2021: 131, f. 1-6 (f).
Dictis striatipes Unami, 2022: 13, f. 1-5 (m).
Dictis striatipes Zamani et al., 2022a: 164, f. 1E-F, 10A-C, 11A-K, 12A-D (mf, S of Dictis denticulata, D. ganeshi, D. mumbaiensis, Scytodes bilqis and S. lugubris).
Dictis striatipes Suzuki, 2022a: 184, f. 8-10 (m).
References

Ahmed, J., Satam, Y., Khalap, R. & Mohan, K. (2015b). A new species of Dictis L. Koch, 1872 (Araneae: Scytodidae) from Mumbai, India. Indian Journal of Arachnology 4(1): 59-63. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Berland, L. (1924a). Araignées de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et des Iles Loyalty. In: Sarasin, F. & Roux, J. (eds.) Nova Caledonia. Forschungen in Neu-Caledonien und auf den Loyalty-Inseln. Recherches scientifiques en Nouvelle-Calédonie et aux Iles Loyalty. A. Zoologie. Vol. III. L. II. C. W. Kreidel, Berlin, pp. 157-255. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6790 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Berland, L. (1935). Nouvelles araignées marquisiennes. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 142: 31-63. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Bösenberg, W. & Strand, E. (1906). Japanische Spinnen. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 30: 93-422. 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

Caleb, J. T. D. (2020b). Spider (Arachnida: Araneae) fauna of the scrub jungle in the Madras Christian College campus, Chennai, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 12(7): 15711-15766. doi:10.11609/jott.5758.12.7.15711-15766 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Dankittipakul, P. & Singtripop, T. (2010). The spitting spider family Scytodidae in Thailand, with descriptions of three new Dictis species (Araneae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 117: 121-141. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Gómez-Moreno, K. G., Chamé-Vázquez, D. & Jiménez, M.-L. (2021). Primer registro de la araña escupidora Scytodes lugubris (Araneae: Scytodidae) para Sonora, México. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 39: 131-132. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Keswani, S. (2015a). The genus Dictis L. Koch, 1872 (Araneae: Scytodidae) with description of one new species from India. Indian Journal of Arachnology 4(1): 1-3. 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, L. (1872a). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 3-7]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 105-368, pl. 8-28. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.121660 download pdf -- Show included taxa

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. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Lee, C. L. (1966). [Spiders of Formosa (Taiwan)]. Taichung Junior Teachers College Publisher, 84 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Lessert, R. de (1939). Araignées du Congo belge (Deuxieme partie). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 32: 1-13. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Namkung, J. (2002). The spiders of Korea. Kyo-Hak Publishing Co., Seoul, 648 pp. [2001 in the book, but publ. in 2002 per Platnick] download pdf -- Show included taxa

Namkung, J. (2003). The Spiders of Korea, 2nd. ed. Kyo-Hak Publishing Co., Seoul, 648 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Ono, H. (2009a). The spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, 739 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Paik, K. Y. (1978e). Araneae. Illustrated Fauna and Flora of Korea 21: 1-548. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Rheims, C. A., Brescovit, A. D. & Harten, A. van (2006). The genus Scytodes Latreille, 1804 (Araneae: Scytodidae) in Yemen, with descriptions of three new species. Fauna of Arabia 21: 159-166. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Rheims, C. A., Brescovit, A. D. & Durán-Barrón, C. G. (2007). Mexican species of the genus Scytodes Latreille (Araneae, Scytodidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 13: 93-119. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1963a). Araneina: Orthognatha, Labidognatha. Insects of Micronesia 3(4): 105-132. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Saaristo, M. I. (1997c). Scytotids [sic] (Arachnida, Araneae, Scytodidae) of the granitic islands of Seychelles. Phelsuma 5: 49-57. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Schenkel, E. (1953b). Chinesische Arachnoidea aus dem Museum Hoangho-Peiho in Tientsin. Boletim do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro (N.S., Zool.) 119: 1-108. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Schenkel, E. (1963). Ostasiatische Spinnen aus dem Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris (A, Zool.) 25: 1-481. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1880b). Etudes arachnologiques. 11e Mémoire. XVII. Arachnides recueilles aux environs de Pékin par M. V. Collin de Plancy. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (5) 10: 97-128. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X. & Hubert, M. (1983). A redescription of the spiders of Beijing described by E. Simon in 1880. Journal of the Huizhou Teachers College 1983(2): 1-23. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (2001). The Fauna of Hebei, China: Araneae. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang, 510 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Suguro, T. (2020c). [Identification of the spitting spider Dictis striatipes]. Kishidaia 116: 1-3. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Suzuki, Y. (2022a). [A list of spiders collected from Amami-Oshima and Okinoerabu-jima islands, Japan]. Kishidaia 120: 181-185. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1887). Viaggio di L. Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. II. Primo saggio sui ragni birmani. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 25: 5-417. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Unami, H. (2022). [A record of Dictis striatipes from Okinawa Island]. Kishidaia 121: 13. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Xu, Y. J. (1987a). Preliminary studies on some spiders of the families Scytodidae and Loxoscelidae from Anhui. Journal of the Huizhou Teachers College 1987(1): 1-6. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yin, C. M., Peng, X. J., Yan, H. M., Bao, Y. H., Xu, X., Tang, G., Zhou, Q. S. & Liu, P. (2012). Fauna Hunan: Araneae in Hunan, China. Hunan Science and Technology Press, Changsha, 1590 pp. download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yoshikura, M. (1987). The biology of spiders. Japan Scientific Societies Press, Tokyo, 613 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Zamani, A., Stockmann, M., Magalhaes, I. L. F. & Rheims, C. A. (2022a). New taxonomic considerations in the spitting spider family Scytodidae (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5092(2): 151-175. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5092.2.1 download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2023-08-29 Species distribution update n/a (Old value)
2022-12-02 New taxonomic reference entry Unami, 2022 n/a
2022-04-13 New taxonomic reference entry Suzuki, 2022a n/a
2022-01-19 Species synonymy Zamani et al., 2022a Dictis lugubris synonymized with Dictis striatipes
2022-01-19 Species synonymy Zamani et al., 2022a Dictis bilqis synonymized with Dictis striatipes
2022-01-19 Species synonymy Zamani et al., 2022a Dictis mumbaiensis synonymized with Dictis striatipes
2022-01-19 Species synonymy Zamani et al., 2022a Dictis ganeshi synonymized with Dictis striatipes
2022-01-19 Species synonymy Zamani et al., 2022a Dictis denticulata synonymized with Dictis striatipes
2022-01-19 New taxonomic reference entry Zamani et al., 2022a n/a
2022-01-19 Species distribution update Zamani et al., 2022a n/a (Old value)
2021-04-30 New taxonomic reference entry Suguro, 2020c n/a
2020-08-03 New taxonomic reference entry Kim & Lee, 2018c n/a
2017-08-11 Species distribution update Dierkens & Ramage, 2016 n/a (Old value)