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 <small>Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958</small> â USA
- Mallos bryanti <small>Gertsch, 1946</small> â USA, Mexico
- Mallos chamberlini <small>Bond & Opell, 1997</small> â Mexico
- Mallos dugesi <small>(Becker, 1886)</small> â USA, Mexico
- Mallos flavovittatus <small>(Keyserling, 1881)</small> â Venezuela, Peru
- Mallos gertschi <small>Bond & Opell, 1997</small> â Mexico
- Mallos gregalis <small>(Simon, 1909)</small> â Mexico
- Mallos hesperius <small>(Chamberlin, 1916)</small> â Mexico to Paraguay
- Mallos kraussi <small>Gertsch, 1946</small> â Mexico
- Mallos macrolirus <small>Bond & Opell, 1997</small> â Mexico
- Mallos margaretae <small>Gertsch, 1946</small> â Costa Rica, Panama
- Mallos mians <small>(Chamberlin, 1919)</small> â USA, Mexico
- Mallos nigrescens <small>(Caporiacco, 1955)</small> â Venezuela
- Mallos niveus <small>O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902</small> (type) â USA, Mexico
- Mallos pallidus <small>(Banks, 1904)</small> â USA, Mexico
- Mallos pearcei <small>Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958</small> â USA
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