Mallos (spider)
Mallos is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1902. Among the genus, Mallos gregalis is known to be a social spider species, living in groups and signaling each other by vibrating their web.Species
it contains sixteen species:
- Mallos blandus Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958 – USA
- Mallos bryanti Gertsch, 1946 – USA, Mexico
- Mallos chamberlini Bond & Opell, 1997 – Mexico
- Mallos dugesi – USA, Mexico
- Mallos flavovittatus – Venezuela, Peru
- Mallos gertschi Bond & Opell, 1997 – Mexico
- Mallos gregalis – Mexico
- Mallos hesperius – Mexico to Paraguay
- Mallos kraussi Gertsch, 1946 – Mexico
- Mallos macrolirus Bond & Opell, 1997 – Mexico
- Mallos margaretae Gertsch, 1946 – Costa Rica, Panama
- Mallos mians – USA, Mexico
- Mallos nigrescens – Venezuela
- Mallos niveus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 – USA, Mexico
- Mallos pallidus – USA, Mexico
- Mallos pearcei Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958 – USA
