The Spider Cytogenetic Database

Current version: 12.5 (Feb 29, 2024)

Douglas Araujo, Marielle Cristina Schneider, Emygdio Paula-Neto and Doralice Maria Cella​
Scytodidae  Blackwall, 1864

Cited as = species name adopted by the researcher that performed the cytogenetic analysis; 2n = diploid number of males and in parenthesis, diploid number of females; n = haploid number; 3n = triploid number; 4n = tetraploid number; SCS = sex chromosome system; T = telocentric; A = acrocentric; St = subtelocentric; Sm = submetacentric; M = metacentric; H = holocentric; S = supernumerary chromosome; (?) = dubious description; (*) = designation of the species name not recorded in the taxonomic database.

Valid name Cited as 2n SCS Chromosomal morphology Collection site Bibliography
Scytodes fusca Walckenaer, 1837 ---- 31 X 26M+4A+XM Brazil Araujo et al., 2008
Scytodes globula Nicolet, 1849 Scytodes maculata 14 X1X2 12A+X1X2A ---- Diaz & Saez, 1966
Scytodes globula Nicolet, 1849 ---- 13 X 12M/Sm+XSm Argentina Rodríguez-Gil et al., 2002
Scytodes globula Nicolet, 1849 ---- 13 X 6M+6Sm+XM Brazil Araujo et al., 2008
Scytodes itapevi Brescovit & Rheims, 2000 ---- 17 X 10St+6Sm+XSt Brazil Araujo et al., 2008
Scytodes thoracica (Latreille, 1802) ---- 19 X 4M+2Sm+4St+8A+XM Czech Republic Král et al., 2006
Scytodes sp. ---- 26 ---- ---- ---- Hetzler, 1979
Scytodes sp. ---- 19 X XM Israel Král et al., 2019