Cape York Spitting Spider Scytodes tardigrada Thorell, 1881
Fauna Portal species: 8906
Scytodes tardigrada female, dorsal (RMNH; Merauke, Indonesia)
Image: Chrysanthus (1967; fig. 11)
Fauna Portal Image No. 14969Diagnosis
(based on illuatrations by Chrysanthus 1967): Abdomen with narrow transverse lines, epigyne with U-shaped fossae, much narrower than in any other Australian Scytodes.
Australia
- Queensland
- Western Australia
Neighbouring Countries
- Indonesia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(1967): Spiders from south New Guinea IX. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 110: 89 - 105WEB