Mallos (spider)
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Arachnida | 
| Order: | Araneae | 
| Suborder: | Araneomorphae | 
| Superfamily: | Dictynoidea | 
| Family: | Dictynidae | 
| Genus: |  Mallos O. P-Cambridge, 1902  | 
| Species | |
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Mallos is a spider genus belonging to the Dictynidae family.
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
- Mallos blandus Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958 — USA
 - Mallos bryantae 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. P.-Cambridge, 1902 — USA, Mexico
 - Mallos pallidus (Banks, 1904) — USA, Mexico
 - Mallos pearcei Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958 — USA
 
External links
- Bond, J. E., & Opell, B. D. (1997). Systematics of the spider genera Mallos and Mexitlia (Araneae, Dictynidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 119(4), 389-445.
 
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