Common name
Velvety Spitting Spider
Informal group
Invertebrates » Spiders, harvestmen and other arachnids
Territories
First record
1965
First record (range end date)
0
Other notes
Native to Mediterranean, Cape Verde Island, Seychelles. (St Helena Invertebrate Forum (2024) St Helena Species Spreadsheet v12.5. Dataset.); The Scytodes thoracica of Pickard-Cambridge (1873) p. 218 is presumably either this species or fusca.
References
Key, R., Fowler, L., Pryce, D., Wilkins, V., Key, R. (2021). Terrestrial & Freshwater Invertebrates of St Helena. Pisces Publications, Newbury; St Helena Invertebrate Forum (2024) St Helena Species Spreadsheet v12.5. Dataset.;