Sosticus insularis (Banks, 1895)
| FAMILY: GNAPHOSIDAE Pocock, 1898 Genus: Sosticus Chamberlin, 1922 Species: Sosticus insularis (Banks, 1895)  |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
stealthy ground spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Point Collections & Seasonality
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces: 
AB
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Seasonality
Specimen Search
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Natural History & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:† ground runners
†Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280. PDF
Habitat (published): (not yet published or unknown)
Habitat (<30 randomly chosen specimens): Riparian, Beaver Ponds, Wet Grassland; Riparian, Black Cottonwood closed Forest;
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Image(s) of Habitus: 
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Details About Males
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
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Details About Females
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
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Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Taxonomic References‡
Banks, N. 1910. Catalogue of Nearctic spiders. Bull. U. S. nat. Mus. 72: 1-80.
Banks, N. 1895. A list of the spiders of Long Island; with descriptions of new species. Jour. New York Ent. Soc. 3: 76-93.
Chamberlin, R. V. 1922. The North American spiders of the family Gnaphosidae. Proc. biol. Soc. Wash. 35: 145-172.
Fox, I. 1938. Notes on North American spiders of the families Gnaphosidae, Anyphaenidae and Clubionidae. Iowa State Coll. Jour. Sci. 12: 227-243.
Heiss, J. S. & R. T. Allen. 1986. The Gnaphosidae of Arkansas. Bull. Ark. agric. Exp. Stn 885: 1-67.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Platnick, N. I. & C. D. Dondale. 1992. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Part 19. The ground spiders of Canada and Alaska (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1875: 1-297.
Platnick, N. I. & M. U. Shadab. 1976. A revision of the spider genera Rachodrassus, Sosticus, and Scopodes (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in North America. Am. Mus. Novit. 2594: 1-33. 
Ubick, D. & V. D. Roth. 1973. Nearctic Gnaphosidae including species from adjacent Mexican states. Am. Arachnol. 9(suppl. 2): 1-12.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
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