Hostus

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Speciesbox

| taxon = Hostus paroculus

| authority = Simon, 1898

| parent_authority = Simon, 1898

}}

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,{{cite book| last=Simon| first=E| year=1898| title=Histoire naturelle des araignées| publisher=Roret | publication-place=Paris| doi=10.5962/bhl.title.51973| author-link=Eugène Simon}} and is only found on Madagascar.{{cite journal| title=Gen. Hostus Simon, 1898| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2019-07-04| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2215| doi=10.24436/2}}