Scytodes thoracica: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Scytodidae
- Genus
- Scytodes
- Species
- Scytodes thoracica
- Scientific Name
- Scytodes thoracica
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Scytodes thoracica
Scytodes thoracica is a spitting spider, so called because it spits a venomous sticky silken substance over its prey. Its size ranges between 3–6 mm (0.12–0.24 in). The carapace is unusual in sloping upwards towards its rear end, whereas the abdomen slopes downwards.
As a member of family Scytodidae, it has six eyes instead of the eight spiders commonly have.
This particular spitting spider features the presence of silk glands in its cephalothorax. Besides the silk glands in its abdomen, the spider also has silk glands connected with its venom glands. In this way the spider has the ability to make venomous silk. Other arachnids may also have silk glands in their cephalothorax, such as the pseudoscorpions.
...Scytodes thoracica in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Geelspoegspinnekop
- Chinese
- 黃昏花皮蛛
- Croatian
- Pljuvajući pauk
- Czech
- lepovka jižní
- Danish
- Almindelig Spytteedderkop
- Dutch
- Getijgerde lijmspuiter
- English
- Spitting Spider
- English
- Common Spitting Spider
- French
- Araignée cracheuse
- German
- Speispinne
- German
- Gewöhnliche Speispinne
- Hungarian
- csupaszpók
- Italian
- ragno sputatore
- Japanese
- ユカタヤマシログモ
- Korean
- 아롱가죽거미
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Parent Taxon
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- Scytodes panamensis
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