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 (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