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title: "Common Scorpion Spider"
description: "Platyoides walteri — Insectos y arañas. Platyoides walteri is a species of spider in the family Trochanteriidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/common-scorpion-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Common Scorpion Spider

> Platyoides walteri — Insectos y arañas. Platyoides walteri is a species of spider in the family Trochanteriidae.

- Scientific name: *Platyoides walteri*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 459
- Wikidata: [Q2402924](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2402924)
- iNaturalist taxon: [684241](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/684241)

## Names

- en: Common Scorpion Spider

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (356)

## Summary

Platyoides walteri is a species of spider in the family Trochanteriidae. It is the most common and widespread scorpion spider in southern Africa, found in Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, and South Africa, and has been introduced to Australia.

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

## Photo

![Common Scorpion Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-scorpion-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: rosshawkins · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/103747463

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-scorpion-spider?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).