Dictis Explained

Dictis is a genus of spitting spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1872.^[1]

Species

it contains seven species, found in Asia, Oceania, North America and Seychelles:^[2]

• 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.^[3]

See also

• List of Scytodidae species

Notes and References

1. Book: Koch, L.. 1872. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. 105–368. Bauer & Raspe. Ludwig_Carl_Christian_Koch.
2. 2024. Gen. Dictis L. Koch, 1872. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. 12 January 2024. World Spider Catalog Version 24.5.
3. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349297445_A_Field_Guide_to_the_Spider_Genera_of_India