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Scytodes fusca Walckenaer, 1837

Jumping spider. Littoral zone, dunes, low Arid zone, Bursera forest, Transition forest, agricultural zone, Scalesia forest, Fern-sedge zone.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Arachnida

Order
Araneae

Superfamily
Scytodoidea

Family
Scytodidae

Genus
Scytodes

Species
fusca

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Scytodes hebraica Simon, 1891

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 1981

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduction Pathway: Stowaway

Subpathway: Hitchhiker on transport vehicles/cargo

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: No data

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Distribution: Pantropical. Galápagos distribution: Baltra, Fernandina, Floreana, Gardner nr Española, Genovesa, Isabela (Cerro Azul, Sierra Negra, V. Alcedo), Pinzón, Rábida, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santiago (Baert et al., 2023)..

References

  • Baert, L. Jean-Pierre Maelfait, Konjev Desender, Frederik Hendrickx (2023) Updated checklist, origin, distribution, literature and genital drawings of the spiders of the Galápagos Islands Belgian Journal of Entomology 142: 1–188.
  • Baert, L.L. Maelfait, J.-P. (2000) Check List of the Described Spider Species of the Galápagos Archipelago (Araneae). Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Entomol. 70: 243-245.
  • Baert, L.L. Maelfait, J.-P. (1986) A Contributution to the Knowledge of the Spider Fauna of Galápagos (Ecuador). Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Entomol. 56: 93-123.
  • Baert, L.L. Maelfait, J.-P. & Desender, K. (1989) Results of the Belgian 1986-expedition: Araneae, and Provisional Checklist of the Spiders of the Galápagos Archipelago. Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Entomol. 58: 29-54.
  • Baert, L.L. Malfait, J.-P., Hendrickx, F. & Desender, K. (2008) Distribution and Habitat Preference of the Spiders (Araneae) of Galápagos. Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Entomol. 78: 39-111.
  • Baert, L.L. (1994) Notes on the Status of Terrestrial Arthropods in Galapagos. Noticias de Galapagos 54:15-21.
  • Baert, L.L. Maelfait, J.P. & Desender, K. (1989) Results of the Belgian 1988-expedition to the Galápagos Islands: Araneae. Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Entomol. 59: 5-22.
  • Roth, V.D. Craig, P.R. (1970) Arachnida of the Galápagos Islands (Excluding Acarina). Mission zoologique belge aux îles Galapagos et en Ecuador (N. et J. Leleup, 1964-1965), 2: 107-124.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Scytodes fusca", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6906. Accessed 1 November 2026.