Scyloxes is a genus of Tajikistani spitting spiders containing three species. It was first described by P. M. Dunin in 1992[1] and remained a monotypic genus until 2022, when Zamani et al. moved two species into the genus, S. magna and S. zhaoi, from Scytodes and Stedocys, respectively.[2] It is found in Tajikistan, Malaysia and Thailand.[3]

Scyloxes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Scytodidae
Genus: Scyloxes
Dunin, 1992
Type species
S. asiatica
Dunin, 1992
Species
  • Scyloxes asiatica Dunin, 1992
  • Scyloxes magna Bristowe, 1952
  • Scyloxes zhaoi Wu & Li, 2017

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References

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  1. ^ Dunin, P. M. (1992). "The spider family Scytodidae of the USSR fauna". Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR. 226: 74–82.
  2. ^ Zamani, Alireza; Stockmann, Mark; Magalhaes, Ivan L. F.; Rheims, Cristina A. (19 January 2022). "New taxonomic considerations in the spitting spider family Scytodidae (Arachnida: Araneae)". Zootaxa. 5092 (2): 151–175. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5092.2.1.
  3. ^ "Gen. Scyloxes Dunin, 1992". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2024-01-12.