Scytodes thoracica

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Scytodes thoracica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Family: Scytodidae Genus: Scytodes Species: S. thoracica
Binomial name
Scytodes thoracica (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.

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• Photographs of S. thoracica