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Checklist for Superfamily Scytodoidea Caporiacco, 1938
and region Southern South America (South America)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
304
1629
5268
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
258
1368
4544
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
85
884
3282
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
81
880
3275
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
66
807
2947
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
64
805
2943
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scytodoidea
Caporiacco, 1938
3
4
40
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Southern South America
3 Families width 40 Species
Drymusidae Simon, 1893Drymusid spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Sicariidae Keyserling, 1880Brown recluse spiders32SpeciesTaxom
Scytodidae Blackwall, 1864Glue spitter6SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Southern South America
4 Genera with 40 Species
Drymusa Simon, 19922SpeciesTaxom
Loxosceles Heineken & Lowe, 2022Brown spiders16SpeciesTaxom
Scytodes Latreille, 1882Spitting Spider6SpeciesTaxom
Sicarius Walckenaer, 1908Assassin spiders16SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southern South America
40 Species
Drymusa rengan Labarque & R..., 2007
Drymusa serrana Goloboff & R..., 1992
Loxosceles coquimbo Gertsch, 1967
Loxosceles diaguita Brescovit, T..., 2017
Loxosceles galianoa Magalhaes, 2025
Loxosceles gaucho Gertsch, 1967
Loxosceles hirsuta Cândido Firm..., 1931
Loxosceles intermedia Cândido Firm..., 1934
Loxosceles laeta Nicolet, 1849Chilean recluse
Loxosceles pallalla Brescovit, T..., 2017
Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour, 1820)⇒ Loxosceles gaucho Gertsch, 1967
Loxosceles rufipes (Lucas, 1834)⇒ Loxosceles laeta Nicolet, 1849
Loxosceles similis (Moenkhaus, 1898)⇒ Loxosceles laeta Nicolet, 1849
Loxosceles spadicea (Eugène Simon, 1907)⇒ Loxosceles intermedia Cândido Firm..., 1934
Loxosceles surca Gertsch, 1967
Loxosceles vallenar Brescovit, T..., 2017
Loxosceles variegata Eugène Simon, 1897
Loxosceles vicentei Taucare-Ríos..., 2022
Scytodes dorothea Willis J. Ge..., 1935Clubmosses
Scytodes fusca Walckenaer, 1837Brown spitting spider
Scytodes globula Nicolet, 1849Araña Tigre
Scytodes lineatipes Taczanowski, 1874
Scytodes thoracica Latreille, 1802Common spitting spider
Scytodes univittata Simon, 1882Spitting Spider
Sicarius boliviensis Magalhaes, B..., 2017
Sicarius crustosus Nicolet, 1849
Sicarius deformis Nicolet, 1849
Sicarius fumosus Nicolet, 1849
Sicarius lanuginosus Nicolet, 1849
Sicarius levii Magalhaes, B..., 2017
Sicarius mapuche Magalhaes, B..., 2017
Sicarius minoratus Nicolet, 1849
Sicarius nicoleti Eugen von Ke..., 1880
Sicarius patagonicus Eugène Simon, 1919
Sicarius peruensis Eugen von Ke..., 1880
Sicarius rubripes Nicolet, 1849
Sicarius rupestris Holmberg, 1881
Sicarius terrosus Nicolet, 1849
Sicarius thomisoides Walckenaer, 1847Chilean six-eyed sand spider
Sicarius yurensis Strand, 1908

Subnodes of Scytodoidea with occurrences in Southern South America
FamilyDrymusidae
Simon, 1893
Drymusid spiders, False violin spiders, Leaf-litter spiders
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyScytodidae
Blackwall, 1864
Glue spitter, spitting spider, Spitting spiders
1
6
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilySicariidae
Keyserling, 1880
Brown recluse spiders, Fiddleback Spiders, recluse spider, Recluse spiders, Sixeyed sicariid spiders, Violin Spiders
2
32
Genera
Species

Taxom