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title: "Long-legged Spitting Spider"
description: "Scytodes longipes — Insekten & Spinnen. Scytodes longipes is a species of spitting spider in the family Scytodidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/long-legged-spitting-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Long-legged Spitting Spider

> Scytodes longipes — Insekten & Spinnen. Scytodes longipes is a species of spitting spider in the family Scytodidae.

- Scientific name: *Scytodes longipes*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 587
- Wikidata: [Q2357715](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2357715)
- iNaturalist taxon: [298738](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/298738)

## Names

- en: Long-legged Spitting Spider
- es: Araña escupidora de patas largas

## Countries with the most observations

MX (24), CO (12), EC (9), ID (9), VU (8), CR (7), CU (5), DO (4), PE (4)

## Summary

Scytodes longipes is a species of spitting spider in the family Scytodidae. It is found in Southern America, has been introduced into Pacific Islands, Guinea, Congo, Indonesia (Irian Jaya), and Australia (Queensland).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scytodes_longipes

## Photo

![Long-legged Spitting Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/long-legged-spitting-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Steve Wells · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18438560

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/long-legged-spitting-spider?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).