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Family: GNAPHOSIDAE Pocock, 1898

stealthy ground spiders

Similar Families

CORINNIDAE PRODIDOMIDAE

Family Name Authority

Pocock, R. I. 1898. The Arachnida from the province of Natal, South Africa, contained in the collection of the British Museum. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 2: 197-226.

Nearctic Taxonomic/Species Richness

Number of Nearctic Species: 254 (as documented in the World Spider Catalog & includes introductions)

Relative taxonomic/species richness for Nearctic families each with greater than 50 member species. Values in brackets are total number of Nearctic species.

Family Chart

Nearctic/Palearctic Genera

# Genus Ref. Common Name
1 Aphantaulax Simon, 1878
2 Callilepis Westring, 1874
3 Camillina Berland, 1919
4 Cesonia Simon, 1893
5 Drassodes Westring, 1851
6 Drassyllus Chamberlin, 1922
7 Eilica Keyserling, 1891
8 Gertschosa Platnick & Shadab, 1981
9 Gnaphosa Latreille, 1804
10 Haplodrassus Chamberlin, 1922
11 Herpyllus Hentz, 1832
12 Litopyllus Chamberlin, 1922
13 Micaria Westring, 1851
14 Nodocion Chamberlin, 1922
15 Nomisia Dalmas, 1921
16 Orodrassus Chamberlin, 1922
17 Parasyrisca Schenkel, 1963
18 Phaeocedus Simon, 1893
19 Scopoides Platnick, 1989
20 Scotophaeus Simon, 1893
21 Sergiolus Simon, 1891
22 Sosticus Chamberlin, 1922
23 Synaphosus Platnick & Shadab, 1980
24 Talanites Simon, 1893
25 Trachyzelotes Lohmander, 1944
26 Urozelotes Mello-Leitão, 1938
27 Zelotes Gistel, 1848

Nearctic/Palearctic Species Images

Disclaimer: every attempt is made to ensure these images are accurate. To contest an identification, contact David P. Shorthouse (dshorthouse(at)eol.org).