Nearctic States & Provinces: CA CO MT WY
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/22495
Mallos pallidus (Banks, 1904)
FAMILY: DICTYNIDAE O. P.-Cambridge, 1871
Genus: Mallos O. P.-Cambridge, 1902
Species: Mallos pallidus (Banks, 1904)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
meshweavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Mexico
Nearctic States & Provinces:
CA CO MT WY
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:‡
space web builders
‡Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280.
Recorded Habitats:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Seasonality of Specimen Records:
Image(s) of Habitus:
(images not yet available)
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Dictynina pallida Banks 1904 |
| Heterodictyna pallida Dahl 1904 |
| Mallos pallidus Banks 1904 |
| Dictyna eutypa Chamberlin & Gertsch 1929 |
| Dictynina eutypa Gertsch 1936 |
| Mallos eutypus Gertsch & Mulaik 1940 |
| Mallos halli Chamberlin & Ivie 1941 |
| Mallos pallidus Gertsch 1946 |
| Mallos eutypus Chamberlin 1948 |
| Mallos pallidus Chamberlin & Gertsch 1958 |
| Mallos pallidus Bond & Opell 1997 |
Taxonomic References†
Banks, N. 1904. Some Arachnida from California. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (3) 3: 331-376.
Bond, J. E. & B. D. Opell. 1997. Systematics of the spider genera Mallos and Mexitlia (Araneae, Dictynidae). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 119: 389-445.
Chamberlin, R. V. 1948. The genera of North American Dictynidae. Bull. Univ. Utah 38(15): 1-31.
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1941. Spiders collected by L. W. Saylor and others, mostly in California. Bull. Univ. Utah 31(8): 1-49.
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. J. Gertsch. 1958. The spider family Dictynidae in America north of Mexico. Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 116: 1-152.
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. J. Gertsch. 1929. New spiders from Utah and California. Jour. Ent. Zool. Claremont 21: 101-112.
Dahl, F. 1904. čeber das System der Spinnen (Araneae). Sitz.-ber. Ges. naturf. Freu. Berlin 1904: 85-120
Gertsch, W. J. 1946. Notes on American spiders of the family Dictynidae. Am. Mus. Novit. 1319: 1-21.
Gertsch, W. J. 1936. Further diagnoses of new American spiders. Amer. Mus. Novit. 852: 1-27.
Gertsch, W. J. & S. Mulaik. 1940. The spiders of Texas. I. Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 77: 307-340.
†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/DICTYNIDAE.html
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Mallos O. P.-Cambridge, 1902‡‡
M. blandus Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958 ...............USA
M. bryantae Gertsch, 1946 ...............USA, Mexico
M. dugesi (Becker, 1886) ...............USA, Mexico
M. mians (Chamberlin, 1919) ...............USA, Mexico
M. niveus O. P.-Cambridge, 1902 ...............USA, Mexico
M. pearcei Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958 ...............USA
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution