New data on the spitting spiders (Araneae: Scytodidae) of Southeast Asia

• Main Authors: Alexander A. Fomichev, Mikhail M. Omelko
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Altai State University 2023
• Subjects: aranei; biodiversity; dictis; indonesia; laos; new species; scytodes; sumatra; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Sibirica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10156248; https://doaj.org/article/771c93a7b8e842b9953a167c08e285d8

A new species, Dictis oranhutan sp. n., is diagnosed and described from the Sumatra Island (Indonesia) based on a single male. The Pantropical Scytodes fusca Walckenaer, 1837 is recorded from this island for the first time. Dictis elongata Dankittipakul & Singtripop, 2010, initially described from Thailand, is redescribed and recorded from Laos for the first time, representing the first record of the genus in this country. Detailed descriptions, digital photographs and a map of distributional records of Scytodidae in the Indomalayan Realm are provided.