Long-legged Spitting Spider Scytodes longipes Lucas, 1844
Fauna Portal species: 8904
Scytodes longipes male, dorsal (WAM T177054; Curtistown, Hawai'i)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2026)
Fauna Portal Image No. 15328Diagnosis
Scytodes longipes is easily the larges spitting spider in Australia. It can also be distinguished by its extremely long legs.
Status
- introduced
Linnean Type
Holotype 'in a package from Mexico' (Natural History Museum, Paris; apparently lost).
Australia
- Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Queensland
Neighbouring Countries
- Indonesia
- New Caledonia
Fauna Portal Records
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