black-calabash vs spitting spiders

Amphitecna latifolia compared with Scytodes fusca

Key Differences

• black-calabash is Least Concern while spitting spiders is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	black-calabash	spitting spiders
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Araneae (Araneae)
Family	Bignoniaceae	Scytodidae
Genus	Amphitecna	Scytodes
Species	Amphitecna latifolia	Scytodes fusca

Conservation Status

black-calabash

LC — Least Concern

spitting spiders

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	black-calabash	spitting spiders
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

black-calabash

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba.

spitting spiders

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

Range

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

black-calabash

The Black-calabash (Amphitecna latifolia) is a species in the genus Amphitecna. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia