Gertschosa

Gertschosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Gnaphosidae
Genus:	Gertschosa ; Platnick & Shadab, 1981
Type species
	G. concinna ; (Simon, 1895)
Species
	4, see text

Last updated November 12, 2025

Gertschosa is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick & M. U. Shadab in 1981.^[2]

Species

As of May 2019^[update] it contains four species:^[1]

Gertschosa amphiloga (Chamberlin, 1936) – USA, Mexico
Gertschosa cincta (Banks, 1929) – Panama
Gertschosa concinna (Simon, 1895) (type) – Mexico
Gertschosa palisadoes Platnick & Shadab, 1981 – Jamaica

References

1 2 "Gen. Gertschosa Platnick & Shadab, 1981". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-04.
↑ Platnick, N. I.; Shadab, M. U. (1981). "A new genus of the spider family Gnaphosidae (Arachnida, Araneae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 170: 176–182.

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[NMBE-1] 1 2 "Gen. Gertschosa Platnick & Shadab, 1981". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-04.

[Plat1981-2] Platnick, N. I.; Shadab, M. U. (1981). "A new genus of the spider family Gnaphosidae (Arachnida, Araneae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 170: 176–182.

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