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Drassodes

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Drassodes
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
D. pubescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Drassodes
Westring, 1851[1]
Type species
D. lapidosus
(Walckenaer, 1802)
Species

162, see text

Synonyms[1]

Drassodes is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Niklas Westring in 1851.[5] They are brown, gray, and red spiders that live under rocks or bark in mostly dry habitats, and are generally 3.8 to 11.6 millimetres (0.15 to 0.46 in) long,[6] but can reach up to 20 millimetres (0.79 in) in length.

Species

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As of May 2019 it contains 162 species:[1]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Drassodes Westring, 1851". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  2. Ubick, D.; Roth, V. D. (1973). "Nearctic Gnaphosidae including species from adjacent Mexican states". American Arachnology. 9: 1.
  3. 1 2 3 Murphy, J. (2007). Gnaphosid genera of the world. British Arachnological Society, St Neots, Cambridgeshire. p. 54.
  4. Chatzaki, M.; Thaler, K.; Mylonas, M. (2002). "Ground spiders (Gnaphosidae, Araneae) of Crete and adjacent areas of Greece. Taxonomy and distribution. II". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 109: 618.
  5. Westring, N. (1851). "Förteckning öfver de till närvarande tid Kände, i Sverige förekommande Spindlarter, utgörande ett antal af 253, deraf 132 äro nya för svenska Faunan". Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar. 2: 25–62.
  6. "Genus Drassodes". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-06-04.