Arachnological information

Doi

10.5431/aramit4701

Author

Šestáková A, Černecká L, Neumann J & Reiser N

Year

2014

Title

First record of the exotic spitting spider Scytodes fusca (Araneae, Scytodidae) in Central Europe from Germany and Slovakia

Title translated

Neunachweis der exotischen Speispinne Scytodes fusca (Araneae, Scytodidae) in Mitteleuropa aus Deutschland und der Slowakei

Issue

Heft 47

Pages

1-6

Abstract

The spitting spider Scytodes fusca Walckenaer, 1837 is recorded for the first time in Central Europe from both Germany and Slovakia. The species was found in two localities, within the Botanical Garden in Bratislava (Slovakia), specifically from a heated greenhouse with high humidity, and the 'Tropical Islands', a tropical holiday resort in Krausnick (Germany). It seems that this Pantropical species has probably been introduced here along with imported plants. A description of diagnostic characters, as well as figures, is given.

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Keywords

artificial tropical ecosystem, botanical garden, first record, introduced species