Dictis

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

Dictis
Scientific classification
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
7, see text
Synonyms[1]
Soeuria Saristo, 1997

Species

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

• 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