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Sosippus revisited: review of a web-building wolf spider genus from the Americas (Araneae, Lycosidae).(Sosippus Simon )(Report)

From: Journal of Arachnology  |  Date: 1/1/2007  |  Author: Brady, Allen R.

ABSTRACT. The systematic status of the wolf spider genus Sosippus Simon 1888 is reviewed. Males of four species: S. placidus Brady 1972, S. janus Brady 1972, S. michoacanus Brady 1962 and S. agalenoides Banks 1909 are described and fully illustrated for the first time. A cladistic analysis based upon twelve morphological characters resulted in two distinct species-groups within Sosippus. One species-group of the genus occurs from Georgia and Florida in the southeastern United States, ...

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