Sosticus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by R. V. Chamberlin in 1922.[3]
| Sosticus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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[update] 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