Haplodrassus (original) (raw)

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Genus of spiders

Haplodrassus
H. signifer
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: HaplodrassusChamberlin, 1922[1]
Type species
H. hiemalis(Emerton, 1909)
Species
79, see text
Synonyms[1]
Tuvadrassus Marusik & Logunov, 1995[2]

Haplodrassus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by R. V. Chamberlin in 1922.[3] They range from 3 to 10 millimetres (0.12 to 0.39 in). H. signifer is the most widespread species, found across North America except for Alaska and northern Canada.[4]

As of May 2019[update] it contains seventy-nine species:[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Haplodrassus Chamberlin, 1922". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  2. ^ Murphy, J. (2007). Gnaphosid genera of the world. British Arachnological Society, St Neots, Cambridgeshire. p. 9.
  3. ^ Chamberlin, R. V. (1922). "The North American spiders of the family Gnaphosidae". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 35: 145–172.
  4. ^ "Genus Haplodrassus". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  5. ^ Naumova, Maria; Blagoev, Gergin; Deltshev, Christo (June 2021). "Fifty spider species new to the Bulgarian fauna, with a review of some dubious species (Arachnida: Araneae)". Zootaxa. 4984 (1): 228–257. Retrieved 6 June 2024.