Dictis

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

Species

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

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

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.

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.
↑ Koch, L. (1872). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Bauer & Raspe. pp. 105–368.
↑ Mondal, Ayan & Chanda, Debomay & Vartak, Atul & Kulkarni, Siddharth. (2020). A Field Guide to the Spider Genera of India.

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