Dictis

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Dictis
Dictis striatipes, New Mexico, U.S. December 2025.jpg
Dictis striatipes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Scytodidae
Genus: Dictis
L. Koch, 1872 [1]
Type species
D. striatipes
L. Koch, 1872
Species

7, see text

Synonyms [1]

SoeuriaSaristo, 1997

Dictis is a genus of spitting spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1872. [2]

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Species

As of January 2024 it contains seven species, found in Asia, Oceania, North America and Seychelles: [1]

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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Dictis L. Koch, 1872". World Spider Catalog Version 24.5. Natural History Museum Bern. 2024. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  2. ↑ Koch, L. (1872). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Bauer & Raspe. pp. 105–368.
  3. ↑ Mondal, Ayan & Chanda, Debomay & Vartak, Atul & Kulkarni, Siddharth. (2020). A Field Guide to the Spider Genera of India.


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