Hostus

Hostus is a monotypic genus of Malagasy lynx spiders containing the single species, Hostus paroculus. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898,^[2] and is only found on Madagascar.^[1]

Hostus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Oxyopidae
Genus:	Hostus Simon, 1898[1]
Species:	H. paroculus
Binomial name
Hostus paroculus Simon, 1898

See also

• List of Oxyopidae species