''Sosticus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
ground spiders that was first described by
R. V. Chamberlin in 1922.
Species
it contains ten species:
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Sosticus californicus''
Platnick & Shadab, 1976 – California
(USA)
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Sosticus dherikanalensis''
Gajbe, 1979 – India
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Sosticus insularis''
(Banks, 1895) (
type
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) – USA, Canada
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Sosticus jabalpurensis''
Bhandari & Gajbe, 2001 – India
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Sosticus loricatus''
( L. Koch, 1866) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, Central Asia, China. Introduced to North America
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Sosticus nainitalensis''
Gajbe, 1979 – India
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Sosticus pawani''
Gajbe, 1993 – India
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Sosticus poonaensis''
Tikader, 1982 – India
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Sosticus solanensis''
Gajbe, 1979 – India
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Sosticus sundargarhensis''
Gajbe, 1979 – India
References
Gnaphosidae genera
Gnaphosidae
Holarctic spiders
Spiders of the Indian subcontinent
Spiders of North America
Taxa named by Ralph Vary Chamberlin
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