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