Cosmopolitan Distribution of the Spitting Spider Scytodes thoracica Latreille, 1802 (Aranei, Scytodidae) and its New Findings of this Species in the Northern Parts of the Range
E. A. BELOSLUDTSEV1, V. V. GASILIN2
1Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education, 443090, Samara, Antonov-Ovsеenko str., 24
2Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch of RAS, 620144, Yekaterinburg, 8 Marta str., 202
Keywords: Aranei, Scytodidae, Scytodes thoracica, паук-плевака, ареал, синантроп, космополит, расселение, антропохория, инвазия, изотерма июля, Средиземноморье, Европа, Среднее Поволжье, Самарская обл, spitting spider, range, synanthrope, cosmopolitan, dispersal, anthropochory, colonization, July isotherm, Mediterranean, Europe, Middle Volga Region, Samara oblast
Abstract
We have compiled data on the distribution of spitting spider Scytodes thoracica Latreille, 1802 throughout the world and discussed our original findings of the spider in the northern part of its Eurasian range. This cosmopolitan species has a Mediterranean origin; the only place where it has not been found is Antarctica. The wide distribution of this species is due to the anthropogenic factor. However, S. thoracica demonstrates synanthropic behavior outside its natural range. Based on the published data of studies in the Mediterranean region, we describe the range of this species as a synanthrope; there lies the northern border of its range. We also determine the northern border of the range in natural areas (including agricultural landscapes). The southern region of the Middle Volga is the northernmost location of S. thoracica in the natural ecosystems of Eastern Europe and the easternmost location in the natural ecosystems of northern Eurasia.
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