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Haplodrassus hiemalis (Emerton, 1909)

  FAMILY: GNAPHOSIDAE Pocock, 1898
    Genus: Haplodrassus Chamberlin, 1922
        Species: Haplodrassus hiemalis (Emerton, 1909) LSID
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Common Names

Family Common Name:  stealthy ground spiders
Genus Common Name:  none
Species Common Name:  none

Point Collections & Seasonality

Global Distribution: Holarctic
Nearctic States & Provinces: Click for State/Province abbreviations AB ON YT CO NH

Haplodrassus hiemalis (Emerton, 1909) collection map
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Seasonality

Haplodrassus hiemalis (Emerton, 1909) seasonality


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Specimen list
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Natural History & Image(s)

Feeding Guild: ground runners
Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280. PDF
Habitat (published): grassland, litter in deciduous and coniferous forests, swamps, marshes, and beaches
Habitat (<30 randomly chosen specimens): Grass, willows - edge of creek; Deciduous-dominant forest, 50% standing trees; Deciduous-dominant forest, 10% standing trees; Lakeshore: open pine, cranberries, lichen to black spruce, sphagnum; Riparian, Beaver Ponds; Old growth; Deciduous-dominant , contiguous forest; Lodgepole Pine closed Forest; Ridge top; Bog; Mixedwood forest; Aspen forest; Base camp. Beach; Dry muskeg; reclaimed mine tailings;

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Details About Males

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Male Dimensions:
Male dimensionsA = 2.6 mm 
A+B = 5.92 mm 
C = 2.07 mm 
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Details About Females

Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)

Female Dimensions:
Female dimensions A = 2.7 mm 
A+B = 6.49 mm 
C = 2.1 mm 
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Descriptions Source:
Platnick, N. I. & C. D. Dondale. 1992. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Part 19. The ground spiders of Canada and Alaska (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1875: 1-297.

Synonyms and Chresonyms

Drassus hiemalis Emerton 1909 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:246777
Haplodrassus hiemalis Emerton 1909 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:9737966
Haplodrassus hiemalis Chamberlin 1922 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2094329
Haplodrassus altanus Chamberlin 1933 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2094330
Haplodrassus hiemalis Kaston 1948 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:9736134
Haplodrassus hiemalis Ubick & Roth 1973 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2094331
Haplodrassus hiemalis Platnick & Shadab 1975 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2094332
Haplodrassus hiemalis Ovtsharenko & Marusik 1988 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2094334
Haplodrassus hiemalis Platnick & Dondale 1992 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2094335
Haplodrassus hiemalis Marusik & Logunov 1995 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2094336
Haplodrassus hiemalis Ovtsharenko & Marusik 1996 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2094337
Haplodrassus hiemalis Paquin & Dupérré 2003 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2010528
Haplodrassus hiemalis Kamura 2007

Taxonomic References Instructions

Chamberlin, R. V. 1933. Four new spiders of the family Gnaphosidae. Amer. Mus. Novit. 631: 1-7.

Chamberlin, R. V. 1922. The North American spiders of the family Gnaphosidae. Proc. biol. Soc. Wash. 35: 145-172.

Emerton, J. H. 1909. Supplement to the New England Spiders. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 14: 171-236.

Kamura, T. 2007. Spiders of the genus Haplodrassus (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Japan. Acta arachn. Tokyo 55: 95-103. To publisher...

Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.

Marusik, Y. M. & D. V. Logunov. 1995. Gnaphosid spiders from Tuva and adjacent territories, Russia. Beitr. Araneol. 4: 177-210.

Ovtsharenko, V. I. & Y. M. Marusik. 1996. Additional data on the spiders of the family Gnaphosidae (Aranei) of the north-east of Asia. In ntomological Studies in the North-East of the USSR. USSR Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Vladivostok, pp. 114-130 (

Ovtsharenko, V. I. & Y. M. Marusik. 1988. Spiders of the family Gnaphosidae (Aranei) of the north-east of the USSR (the Magadan Province). Ent. Obozr. 67: 204-217.

Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.

Platnick, N. I. & C. D. Dondale. 1992. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Part 19. The ground spiders of Canada and Alaska (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1875: 1-297.

Platnick, N. I. & M. U. Shadab. 1975. A revision of the spider genera Haplodrassus and Orodrassus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in North America. Am. Mus. Novit. 2583: 1-40. To publisher...

Ubick, D. & V. D. Roth. 1973. Nearctic Gnaphosidae including species from adjacent Mexican states. Am. Arachnol. 9(suppl. 2): 1-12.

Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog

Natural History References Instructions

Platnick, N. I. & C. D. Dondale. 1992. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Part 19. The ground spiders of Canada and Alaska (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1875: 1-297.

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Author of this page in progress: Shorthouse, David P. dshorthouse(at)eol.org
Text Last Modified: 2006-03-22T00:13:53Z