Mallos gregalis

Mallos gregalis
Mallos gregalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Superfamily: Dictynoidea
Family: Dictynidae
Genus: Mallos
Species: M. gregalis
Binomial name
Mallos gregalis
(Simon, 1909)

Mallos gregalis is a spider species belonging to the Dictynidae family.

It is known to be a social spider species, living in groups and signaling each others by vibrating their web.

M. gregalis is restricted to Mexico. It attracts flies in its web with the yeast odor developing in the previously eaten prey carcasses.[1].

References

  1. ^ http://psyche.entclub.org/94/94-151.html Symbiosis between social spiders and yeast: the role in prey attraction William James Tietjen, L. Rao Ayyagari, and George W. Uetz

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