Journal of Entomological Research
SCOPUSWeb of Science
  • Year: 2022
  • Volume: 46
  • Issue: 2

The spitting spider, Scytodes fusca Walckenaer (Araneae, Scytodidae): Its distribution in South India and natural history notes

  • Author:
  • M. Sampathkumar*, Biswamitra Reang1, John T.D. Caleb2, G. Mahendiran, Sashank Sekhar Shaw1
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 347 to 350

1Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur - 492 012, Chhattisgarh, India

2No. 27, Saravana Nagar, Manigantapuram, Thirumullaivoyal, Chennai - 600 062, Tamil Nadu, India

ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru - 560 024, Karnataka, India

*Corresponding author's E-mail: m.kumar1@icar.gov.in

Online published on 18 June, 2022.

Abstract

The spitting spider Scytodes fusca is recorded from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka in South India. The species is re-described and illustrated in detail, with natural history notes and digital images, with a summary of diagnostic characters. The updated distributional records of the species in India are also mapped.

Keywords

Scytodes fusca, Species and India, Spitting spider