Alectryon vs spitting spiders

Alectryon tropicus compared with Scytodes fusca

Key Differences

• Alectryon is Near Threatened while spitting spiders is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alectryon	spitting spiders
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Araneae (Araneae)
Family	Sapindaceae	Scytodidae
Genus	Alectryon	Scytodes
Species	Alectryon tropicus	Scytodes fusca

Conservation Status

Alectryon

NT — Near Threatened

spitting spiders

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alectryon	spitting spiders
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alectryon

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

spitting spiders

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, and South Africa.

Alectryon

The Alectryon (Alectryon tropicus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.