Sosticus

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

==Species== it contains ten species: Sosticus californicus Platnick & Shadab, 1976 – California (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