Araneae (spiders) of South America: a synopsis of current knowledge

Description of eleven new species in the Scytodoidea group (Araneae: Drymusidae and Scytodidae) from mainland Ecuador

“…The family Scytodidae is the most diverse of the group and comprises 240 species, of which 219 belong to the highly diverse genus Scytodes Latreille, 1804 (WSC 2023). Scytodes is found worldwide, with 36% of the diversity found in South America (Dupérré 2023a). Two species have been introduced to South America, S. thoracica (Latreille, 1802) and S. univittata Simon, 1882 (Belosludtsev & Gasilin 2018; Brescovit & Rheims 2000; Taucare-Rios & Bustamante 2015; Dupérré 2023a) while two species— S. fusca Walckenaer, 1837 and S. longipes Lucas, 1844—have been introduced from South America to other continents (Saaristo 1997; Brescovit & Rheims 2000; Paquin et al 2008; Dankittipakul & Singtripop 2010; Šestáková et al 2014; Dupérré 2023a).…”