Nearctic States & Provinces: ON MT NH PA
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/27074
Drassyllus niger (Banks, 1896)
FAMILY: GNAPHOSIDAE Pocock, 1898
Genus: Drassyllus Chamberlin, 1922
Species: Drassyllus niger (Banks, 1896)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
stealthy ground spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:
ON MT NH PA
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
Natural History, Phenology & 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.
Recorded Habitats:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Seasonality of Specimen Records:
Image(s) of Habitus:
(images not yet available)
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Drassyllus niger Banks 1896 |
| Prosthesima niger Banks 1896 |
| Zelotes niger Banks 1910 |
| Prosthesima transversa Emerton 1911 |
| Drassyllus niger Chamberlin 1922 |
| Drassyllus transversus Chamberlin 1922 |
| Drassyllus niger Kaston 1948 |
| Drassyllus niger Ubick & Roth 1973 |
| Drassyllus niger Platnick & Shadab 1982 |
| Drassyllus niger Platnick & Dondale 1992 |
| Drassyllus niger Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Banks, N. 1910. Catalogue of Nearctic spiders. Bull. U. S. nat. Mus. 72: 1-80.
Banks, N. 1896. New North American spiders and mites. Trans. Amer. ent. Soc. 23: 57-77.
Chamberlin, R. V. 1922. The North American spiders of the family Gnaphosidae. Proc. biol. Soc. Wash. 35: 145-172.
Emerton, J. H. 1911. New spiders from New England. Trans. Connect. Acad. Sci. Arts Let. 16: 383-407.
Emerton, J. H. 1909. Supplement to the New England Spiders. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 14: 171-236.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
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. 1982. A revision of the American spiders of the genus Drassyllus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 173: 1-97.
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 accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/GNAPHOSIDAE.html
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Drassyllus Chamberlin, 1922‡‡
D. adocetus Chamberlin, 1936 ...............USA
D. alachua Platnick & Shadab, 1982 ...............USA
D. antonito Platnick & Shadab, 1982 ...............USA, Mexico
D. aprilinus (Banks, 1904) ...............USA, Mexico
D. arizonensis (Banks, 1901) ...............USA, Mexico
D. barbus Platnick, 1984 ...............USA
D. broussardi Platnick & Horner, 2007 ...............USA
D. cerrus Platnick & Shadab, 1982 ...............USA
D. conformans Chamberlin, 1936 ...............USA, Mexico
D. covensis Exline, 1962 ...............USA
D. creolus Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1940 ...............USA, Canada
D. depressus (Emerton, 1890) ...............USA, Canada
D. dixinus Chamberlin, 1922 ...............USA
D. dromeus Chamberlin, 1922 ...............USA, Canada
D. ellipes Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1940 ...............USA
D. eremitus Chamberlin, 1922 ...............USA, Canada
D. eremophilus Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1940 ...............USA, Canada
D. eurus Platnick & Shadab, 1982 ...............USA
D. fallens Chamberlin, 1922 ...............USA, Canada
D. fractus Chamberlin, 1936 ...............USA
D. frigidus (Banks, 1892) ...............USA
D. gynosaphes Chamberlin, 1936 ...............USA
D. huachuca Platnick & Shadab, 1982 ...............USA
D. inanus Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1940 ...............USA
D. insularis (Banks, 1900) ...............North America
D. lamprus (Chamberlin, 1920) ...............North America
D. lepidus (Banks, 1899) ...............USA, Mexico
D. louisianus Chamberlin, 1922 ...............USA
D. mexicanus (Banks, 1898) ...............USA, Mexico
D. mormon Chamberlin, 1936 ...............USA, Mexico
D. mumai Gertsch & Riechert, 1976 ...............USA, Mexico
D. nannellus Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1940 ...............USA, Canada
D. notonus Chamberlin, 1928 ...............USA, Mexico
D. novus (Banks, 1895) ...............USA, Canada
D. ojus Platnick & Shadab, 1982 ...............USA, Mexico
D. orgilus Chamberlin, 1922 ...............USA, Mexico
D. orlando Platnick & Corey, 1989 ...............USA
D. proclesis Chamberlin, 1922 ...............USA
D. prosaphes Chamberlin, 1936 ...............USA, Mexico
D. pusillus (C. L. Koch, 1833) ...............Palearctic
D. rufulus (Banks, 1892) ...............USA, Canada
D. salton Platnick & Shadab, 1982 ...............USA
D. saphes Chamberlin, 1936 ...............North America
D. seminolus Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1940 ...............USA
D. sinton Platnick & Shadab, 1982 ...............USA, Mexico
D. socius Chamberlin, 1922 ...............USA, Canada
D. texamans Chamberlin, 1936 ...............USA, Mexico
D. vinealis (Kulczynski, 1897) ...............Palearctic
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution