# Dictis

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***Dictis*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [spitting spiders](/source/Scytodidae) that was first described by [Ludwig Carl Christian Koch](/source/Ludwig_Carl_Christian_Koch) in 1872.[2]

## Species

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

- *[Dictis edwardsi](/source/Dictis_edwardsi)* Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 – China
- *[Dictis elongata](/source/Dictis_elongata)* Dankittipakul & Singtripop, 2010 – Thailand, Laos
- *[Dictis oranhutan](/source/Dictis_oranhutan)* [Fomichev](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Anatol'evich_Fomichev) & [Omelko](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Mikhailovich_Omelko), 2023 – Indonesia
- *[Dictis soeur](/source/Dictis_soeur)* (Saaristo, 1997) – Seychelles
- *[Dictis striatipes](/source/Dictis_striatipes)* [L. Koch](/source/Ludwig_Carl_Christian_Koch), 1872 ([type](/source/Type_species)) – Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Iran, tropical Asia, Korea, Japan, China to Australia, Pacific Isles. Introduced to USA, Mexico
- *[Dictis thailandica](/source/Dictis_thailandica)* Dankittipakul & Singtripop, 2010 – Thailand
- *[Dictis uncata](/source/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]

## References

1. ["Gen. Dictis L. Koch, 1872"](http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3068). *World Spider Catalog Version 24.5*. Natural History Museum Bern. 2024. [doi:10.24436/2](https://doi.org/10.24436/2). Retrieved 12 January 2024.

1. Koch, L. (1872). *Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet*. Bauer & Raspe. pp. 105–368.

1. [\[1\]](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349297445_A_Field_Guide_to_the_Spider_Genera_of_India)Mondal, Ayan & Chanda, Debomay & Vartak, Atul & Kulkarni, Siddharth. (2020). A Field Guide to the Spider Genera of India.

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