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

Scytodes darlingtoni Alayón, 1977

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002806

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Described:

Distribution: Cuba

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA f (IZ 21002) - (Iost, Alayón & Rheims, 2025)

Taxonomic References

Scytodes darlingtoni Alayón, 1977b: 17, f. 6A-B (Df) Original description

Scytodes darlingtoni Iost, Alayón & Rheims, 2025: 503, f. 39-40, 42-44 (f)

References

Alayón García, G. (1977b). Nuevas especies de Scytodes Latreille, 1804 (Araneae: Scytodidae) de Cuba. Poeyana 177: 1-20. -- 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