Sarotesius is a monotypic genus of East African huntsman spiders containing the single species, Sarotesius melanognathus. It was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1898,[2] and is found in Africa.[1]

Sarotesius
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Sarotesius
Pocock, 1898[1]
Species:
S. melanognathus
Binomial name
Sarotesius melanognathus
Pocock, 1898

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Sarotesius Pocock, 1898". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  2. ^ Pocock, R. I. (1898). "The Arachnida from the regions of Lakes Nyassa and Tanganyika contained in the collection of the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 2 (7): 429–448. doi:10.1080/00222939808678518.