Dictis is a genus of spitting spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1872.
Species it contains seven species, found in Asia, Oceania, North America and Seychelles: Dictis edwardsi Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 – China Dictis elongata Dankittipakul & Singtripop, 2010 – Thailand, Laos Dictis oranhutan Fomichev & Omelko, 2023 – Indonesia Dictis soeur (Saaristo, 1997) – Seychelles Dictis striatipes L. Koch, 1872 (type) – Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Iran, tropical Asia, Korea, Japan, China to Australia, Pacific Isles. Introduced to USA, Mexico Dictis thailandica Dankittipakul & Singtripop, 2010 – Thailand Dictis uncata Wu, M. Y. Zhang, M. M. Zhang & Yang, 2023 – China
Behaviour and Ecology They are active hunters, and can be observed freely roaming in the foliage or on the forest floor. They prey on large ants and other spiders.
References
Mondal, Ayan & Chanda, Debomay & Vartak, Atul & Kulkarni, Siddharth. (2020). A Field Guide to the Spider Genera of India.