Sosticus

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Sosticus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by R. V. Chamberlin in 1922.[3]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
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Sosticus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Sosticus
Chamberlin, 1922[1]
Type species
S. insularis
(Banks, 1895)
Species

10, see text

Synonyms[1]
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Species

As of May 2019 it contains ten species:[1]

  • Sosticus californicus Platnick & Shadab, 1976 – California[4] (USA)
  • Sosticus dherikanalensis Gajbe, 1979 – India
  • Sosticus insularis (Banks, 1895) (type) – USA, Canada
  • Sosticus jabalpurensis Bhandari & Gajbe, 2001 – India
  • Sosticus loricatus (L. Koch, 1866) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, Central Asia, China. Introduced to North America
  • Sosticus nainitalensis Gajbe, 1979 – India
  • Sosticus pawani Gajbe, 1993 – India
  • Sosticus poonaensis Tikader, 1982 – India
  • Sosticus solanensis Gajbe, 1979 – India
  • Sosticus sundargarhensis Gajbe, 1979 – India

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