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 Agelenidae are a large family of spiders in the suborder Araneomorphae. Well-known examples include the common "grass spiders" of the genus ''Agelenopsis''. Nearly all Agelenidae are harmless to humans, but the bite of the hobo spider (''Erat ...

. The posterior

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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

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to the southern

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. The closest relatives are found in the genus '' Aglaoctenus''. The species of ''Sosippus'' seem to have diverged relatively recently in geologic time.

Species

* '' 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
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