Sosticus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by R. V. Chamberlin in 1922.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| 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)
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10, see text | |
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Species edit
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
References edit
- ^ a b c "Gen. Sosticus Chamberlin, 1922". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
- ^ Platnick, N. I.; Shadab, M. U. (1976). "A revision of the spider genera Rachodrassus, Sosticus, and Scopodes (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in North America". American Museum Novitates. 2594: 9.
- ^ Chamberlin, R. V. (1922). "The North American spiders of the family Gnaphosidae". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 35: 145–172.
- ^ "Genus Sosticus". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-06-05.