Sosticus

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Sosticus
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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]

Sosticus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by R. V. Chamberlin in 1922. [3]

A genus is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus.

Ralph Vary Chamberlin American biologist

Ralph Vary Chamberlin was an American biologist, ethnographer, and historian from Salt Lake City, Utah. He was a faculty member of the University of Utah for over 25 years, where he helped establish the School of Medicine and served as its first dean, and later became head of the zoology department. He also taught at Brigham Young University and the University of Pennsylvania, and worked for over a decade at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, where he described species from around the world.

Species

As of May 2019 it contains ten species: [1]

Norman I. Platnick American zoologist

Norman I. Platnick is an American biological systematist and arachnologist. He is a Professor Emeritus of the Richard Gilder Graduate School and Peter J. Solomon Family Curator Emeritus of the invertebrate zoology department of the American Museum of Natural History. A 1973 Ph.D. recipient at Harvard University, Platnick has described over 1,800 species of spiders from around the world, making him the second most prolific arachnologist in history, behind only Eugène Simon. Until 2014 he was also the maintainer of the World Spider Catalog, a website formerly hosted by the AMNH which tracks the arachnology literature, and attempts to maintain a comprehensive list, sorted taxonomically, of every species of spider which has been formally described. In 2007 he received the International Society of Arachnology's Bonnet award, named for Pierre Bonnet, in recognition for his work on the catalog.

Sosticus insularis is a spider in the family Gnaphosidae, in the infraorder Araneomorphae . The distribution range of Sosticus insularis includes the USA and Canada.

Type species term used in zoological nomenclature (also non-officially in botanical nomenclature)

In zoological nomenclature, a type species is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen(s). A similar concept is used for suprageneric groups called a type genus.

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Ground spider Family of spiders

Ground spiders comprise Gnaphosidae, the seventh largest spider family with nearly 2,000 described species in over 100 genera distributed worldwide. There are 105 species known to central Europe, and common genera include Gnaphosa, Drassodes, Micaria, Cesonia, Zelotes and many others. They are closely related to Clubionidae. At present, no ground spiders are known to be seriously venomous to humans.

<i>Cesonia</i> Genus of spiders

Cesonia is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1893.

<i>Callilepis</i> Genus of spiders

Callilepis is a genus of ground spiders first described by Niklas Westring in 1874. Some are found from Mexico to Canada, others from Europe to India. They are most commonly found in dry areas, sandy roads and beaches.

<i>Zelotes</i> Genus of spiders

Zelotes is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by J. Gistel in 1848.

<i>Gnaphosa</i> Genus of spiders

Gnaphosa is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804. They all have a serrated keel on the retromargin of each chelicera.

Herpyllus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz in 1832.

<i>Micaria</i> Genus of spiders

Micaria is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Niklas Westring in 1851. They are 1.3 to 6.5 millimetres long.

Apodrassodes is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by J. Vellard in 1924.

<i>Drassyllus</i> Genus of spiders

Drassyllus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by R. V. Chamberlin in 1922.

Eilica is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1891.

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

<i>Haplodrassus</i> Genus of spiders

Haplodrassus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by R. V. Chamberlin in 1922. They range from 3 to 10 millimetres. H. signifer is the most widespread species, found across North America except for Alaska and northern Canada.

Litopyllus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by R. V. Chamberlin in 1922. As of May 2019 it contains only three species: L. cubanus, L. realisticus, and L. temporarius.

Nodocion is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by R. V. Chamberlin in 1922.

Scopoides is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick in 1989.

<i>Sergiolus</i> Genus of spiders

Sergiolus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1892. They are 3.3 to 9 millimetres long.

Synaphosus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick & M. U. Shadab in 1980.

Talanites is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1893.

Tivodrassus is a genus of spiders in the Gnaphosidae family. It was first described in 1936 by Chamberlin & Ivie. As of 2017, it contains four species, all found in Mexico.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Sosticus Chamberlin, 1922". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-05.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Chamberlin, R. V. (1922). "The North American spiders of the family Gnaphosidae". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 35: 145–172.
  4. ↑ "Genus Sosticus". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-06-05.


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