Mallos (spider)
# 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

As of May 2019 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
