Nearctic States & Provinces: AB
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/27972
Sosticus insularis (Banks, 1895)
FAMILY: GNAPHOSIDAE Pocock, 1898
Genus: Sosticus Chamberlin, 1922
Species: Sosticus insularis (Banks, 1895)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
stealthy ground spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
Natural History, Phenology & 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.
Recorded Habitats:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Seasonality of Specimen Records:
Image(s) of Habitus:
(images not yet available)
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Prosthesima insularis Banks 1895 |
| Sosticus insularis Banks 1895 |
| Herpyllus insularis Banks 1910 |
| Sosticus continentalis Chamberlin 1922 |
| Sosticus insularis Chamberlin 1922 |
| Sosticus projectus Fox 1938 |
| Sosticus insularis Kaston 1948 |
| Sosticus insularis Ubick & Roth 1973 |
| Sosticus insularis Platnick & Shadab 1976 |
| Sosticus insularis Heiss & Allen 1986 |
| Sosticus insularis Platnick & Dondale 1992 |
| Sosticus insularis Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
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 accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/GNAPHOSIDAE.html
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Sosticus Chamberlin, 1922‡‡
S. californicus Platnick & Shadab, 1976 ...............USA
S. loricatus (L. Koch, 1866) ...............Holarctic
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution