World Spider Catalog

Genus: Scytodes Latreille, 1804 | Family: Scytodidae Blackwall, 1852

Scytodes blanda Bryant, 1940

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002792

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Described:

Distribution: Cuba, St. Vincent, Grenada

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA m (IZ 20541) - (Iost, Alayón & Rheims, 2025)
Allotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA f (IZ 26209) - (Iost, Alayón & Rheims, 2025)
Paratype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA 3f (IZ 26210-26212) - (Iost, Alayón & Rheims, 2025)
Paratype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA 1m - (Bryant, 1940)

Taxonomic References

Scytodes blanda Bryant, 1940: 287, f. 25, 29 (Dmf) Original description

Scytodes blanda Iost, Alayón & Rheims, 2025: 498, f. 1-9, 31-35 (mf)

References

Bryant, E. B. (1940). Cuban spiders in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 86: 247-532. -- Show included taxa

Iost, F. M., Alayón García, G. & Rheims, C. A. (2025). On the Antillean spiders of the genus Scytodes Latreille, 1804 (Araneae, Scytodidae). Zootaxa 5728(3): 496-530. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5728.3.3 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-01-01	New taxonomic reference entry	Iost, Alayón & Rheims, 2025
2026-01-01	Species distribution update	Iost, Alayón & Rheims, 2025	Old value