Ad. Brescovit et H. Hofer, Four new species of litter inhabiting Scytodes spiders (Araneae, Scytodidae) from Amazonia, STUD NEOTR, 34(2), 1999, pp. 105-113
Four new species of spitting spiders of the genus Scytodes are described: S
. panguana from Peruvian Amazonia and S. paarmanni, S. martiusi and S. jana
uari from central Amazonia in Brazil. All are small, short legged scytodids
. The specimens were collected in the course of ecological studies in the l
eaf litter layer on the ground of Amazonian terra firme forests.