{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2026}}{{Automatic taxobox | name = | image = | image_caption = | image2 = | image2_caption = | taxon = Sorkinius | authority = Sherwood, Jocqué, Cazanove & Derepas, 2025<ref name="sherwood2025" /> | type_species = ''Drassus maillardi'' | type_species_authority = Vinson, 1863 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 3, see text }}
'''''Sorkinius''''' is a genus of spiders in the family Gnaphosidae. ''Sorkinius'' is found in East Africa (Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa), the Arabian Peninsula (Yemen), and the Indian Ocean islands (Seychelles, Réunion).<ref name="wsc" /> The genus name honors arachnologist Louis N. Sorkin.<ref name="sherwood2025" />
{{as of|2026|1}}, this genus includes three species:<ref name="wsc" /> {{Div col}} * ''Sorkinius coruscus'' <small>(L. Koch, 1875)</small> – Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa, Yemen * ''Sorkinius kibonotensis'' <small>(Tullgren, 1910)</small> – Tanzania * ''Sorkinius maillardi'' <small>(Vinson, 1863)</small> – Seychelles, Réunion {{Div col end}}
==References== <references> <ref name="wsc">{{cite web | url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/lsid/urn%3Alsid%3Anmbe.ch%3Aspidergen%3A06449 | title=Gen. ''Sorkinius'' Sherwood, Jocqué, Cazanove & Derepas, 2025 | publisher=World Spider Catalog | accessdate=2026-01-26}}</ref> <ref name="sherwood2025">{{cite journal | last1=Sherwood | first1=D. | last2=Jocqué | first2=R. | last3=Cazanove | first3=G. | last4=Derepas | first4=B. | year=2025 | title=Studies on spider nomenclature V: the taxonomic status of Drassus maillardii Vinson, 1863, with two new synonymies, a neotype, new combinations and a new genus (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) | journal=Revista Ibérica de Aracnología | volume=47 | pages=9-18}}</ref> </references>
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Category:Gnaphosidae genera Category:Spiders described in 2025 Category:Spiders of Africa Category:Gnaphosidae Category:Taxa named by Rudy Jocqué
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