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Scytodes

Arachnida - Araneae - Scytodidae

Taxonomy
Scytodes was named by Latreille (1804). It is extant. It is the type genus of Scytodidae, Scytodoidea.

It was assigned to Scytodidae by Dunlop et al. (2013) and Wheeler et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Scytodes Latreille
2013Scytodes Dunlop et al.
2017Scytodes Wheeler et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
Dekatriata
RankNameAuthor
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
Pantetrapulmonata
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
Serikodiastida
orderAraneae
suborderOpisthothelaePocock 1892
infraorderAraneomorphaeSmith 1902
SynspermiataMichalik and Ramírez 2014
superfamilyScytodoideaBlackwall 1864
familyScytodidaeBlackwall 1864
genusScytodesLatreille 1804

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Scytodes Latreille 1804
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Scytodes marginalis Wunderlich 2004
Scytodes piliformis Wunderlich 1988
Scytodes planithorax Wunderlich 1988
Scytodes stridulans Wunderlich 1988
Scytodes weitschati Wunderlich 1993
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Grouping: solitaryc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Source: c = class
Reference: Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Holocene or 38.00000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) S. sp. (124318) S. weitschati (110735)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic S. sp. a, S. sp. b, S. sp. c, S. piliformis, S. stridulans, S. planithorax (146557)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar S. marginalis (147603)