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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Synspermiata » Spitting Spiders (Scytodidae) » Dictis » Dictis striatipes

Species Dictis striatipes

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Synspermiata)
Family Scytodidae (Spitting Spiders)
Genus Dictis
Species striatipes (Dictis striatipes)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Scytodes lugubris (synonymized in 2022 (1))
See the World Spider Catalog.
Explanation of Names
Dictis striatipes L. Koch, 1872
Size
♀ ~ 8mm (BG images)
Identification
This species has legs with long-thin stripes on the top and bottom of the legs, with dark joints.
♀
♂
Range
sw US (s. CA to w. TX, s. TX), nw. Mex. (2)(3), native to Tropical Asia, introduced into Hawaii, sw N. Amer.
Life Cycle
Immature individuals are lighter in color and some adults may be very dark.
Examples:
Internet References
iNaturalist
BOLDSYSTEMS
Works Cited
1.New taxonomic considerations in the spitting spider family Scytodidae (Arachnida: Araneae)
Zamani, A., Stockmann, M., Magalhaes, I. L. F. & Rheims, C. A. 2022. Zootaxa 5092(2).
2.How to Know the Spiders
B. J. Kaston. 1978. WCB/McGraw-Hill.
3.iNaturalist
Contributed by Bob Biagi on 8 April, 2017 - 9:03pm
Additional contributions by cheins, Mike Quinn, Laura P., chuuuuung
Last updated 14 November, 2023 - 11:05am

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