Scytodes thoracica

Taxobox
name = "Scytodes thoracica"


image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Scytodidae
genus = "Scytodes"
species = "S. thoracica"
binomial = "Scytodes thoracica"
binomial_authority = (Latreille, 1802)
synonyms ="Aranea thoracica"
"Scytodes tigrina"
"Scytodes cameratus"
"Loxoscelis thoracica"

"Scytodes thoracica" is a spitting spider. In Northern Europe they can only be found in houses. The carapace is unusual in sloping upwards towards its rear end, whereas the abdomen slopes downwards. It has six eyes. This spider occurs in the Holarctic, and on Islands in the Pacific.

External links

* [http://www.nicksspiders.com/nicksspiders/scytodesthoracica.htm Photographs of "S. thoracica"]