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 (Becker, 1886) – USA, Mexico Mallos flavovittatus (Keyserling, 1881) – Venezuela, Peru Mallos gertschi Bond & Opell, 1997 – Mexico Mallos gregalis (Simon, 1909) – Mexico Mallos hesperius (Chamberlin, 1916) – Mexico to Paraguay Mallos kraussi Gertsch, 1946 – Mexico Mallos macrolirus Bond & Opell, 1997 – Mexico Mallos margaretae Gertsch, 1946 – Costa Rica, Panama Mallos mians (Chamberlin, 1919) – USA, Mexico Mallos nigrescens (Caporiacco, 1955) – Venezuela Mallos niveus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 (type) – USA, Mexico Mallos pallidus (Banks, 1904) – USA, Mexico Mallos pearcei Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958 – USA
References
External links Mallos at BugGuide