Dictis

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

Dictis
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Domain: Eukaryota
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

4, see text

Species

As of January 2022 it contains four species, found in Asia, Oceania, North America and Seychelles:[1]

  • Dictis elongata Dankittipakul & Singtripop, 2010 – Thailand
  • 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

See also

References

  1. "Gen. Dictis L. Koch, 1872". World Spider Catalog Version 22.5. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  2. Koch, L. (1872). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Bauer & Raspe. pp. 105–368.


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