Mallos (spider)
| Mallos | |
|---|---|
| Mallos pallidus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Dictynidae |
| Genus: | Mallos O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 |
| Type species | |
| M. niveus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 | |
| Species | |
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16, see text | |
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.