Sosippus

Taxobox
name = "Sosippus"

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image_caption = "S. californicus"
image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
familia = Lycosidae
genus = "Sosippus"
genus_authority = Simon, 1888
diversity_link = List of Lycosidae species#Sosippus
diversity = 10 species
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range_map_width = 250px
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

The spider genus "Sosippus" is, with other genera in the subfamily Hippasinae, unique among the spiders in the family Lycosidae in producing a large funnel-web resembling that of the Agelenidae. The posterior spinnerets are more elongate than in other wolf spiders.

Their eyes are arranged in three rows, with four small eyes in the anterior (lowest), two large eyes in the second, and two smaller lateral eyes in the third row.

"Sosippus" is found from Central America to the southern United States.

The closest relatives are found in the genus "Aglaoctenus".

The species of "Sosippus" seem to have diverged relatively recently in geologic time.

pecies

* "Sosippus agalenoides" Banks, 1909 (Mexico to Costa Rica)
* "Sosippus californicus" Simon, 1898 (USA, Mexico)
* "Sosippus floridanus" Simon, 1898 (USA)
* "Sosippus janus" Brady, 1972 (USA)
* "Sosippus mexicanus" Simon, 1888 (Mexico, Guatemala)
* "Sosippus michoacanus" Brady, 1962 (Mexico)
* "Sosippus mimus" Chamberlin, 1924 (USA)
* "Sosippus placidus" Brady, 1972 (USA)
* "Sosippus plutonus" Brady, 1962 (Mexico)
* "Sosippus texanus" Brady, 1962 (USA)

References

* Brady, A.R. (1962). The Spider Genus "Sosippus" in North America, Mexico, and Central America (Araneae, Lycosidae). "Psyche" 69:129-164. [http://psyche2.entclub.org/articles/69/69-129.pdf PDF]

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