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Stealthy Ground Spiders
Gnaphosidae
Ground spiders (family Gnaphosidae) include nearly 2,000 described species in over 100 genera, distributed worldwide. This makes the family the seventh largest known. New species are still being discovered. They are closely related to Clubionidae.
60 branches of this family, most-observed first
Herpyllinae
subfamilyHerpyllinae
Zelotinae
subfamilyZelotinae
Scotophaeus
genusScotophaeus
Drassodinae
subfamilyDrassodinae
Gnaphosinae
subfamilyGnaphosinae
Micariinae
subfamilyMicariinae
Haplodrassus
genusHaplodrassus
Hypodrassodes
genusHypodrassodes
Xerophaeus
genusXerophaeus
Apopyllus
genusApopyllus
Molycriinae
subfamilyMolycriinae
Termite hunters
genusAmmoxenus
Drassodex
genusDrassodex
Zelanda
genusZelanda
Notiodrassus
genusNotiodrassus
Apodrassodes
genusApodrassodes
Leptodrassinae
subfamilyLeptodrassinae
Sosticus
genusSosticus
Talanites
genusTalanites
Avstroneulanda
genusAvstroneulanda
Orodrassus
genusOrodrassus
Sanitubius
genusSanitubius
Micythus
genusMicythus
Pseudodrassus
genusPseudodrassus
Odontodrassus
genusOdontodrassus
Anagraphidinae
subfamilyAnagraphidinae
Nauhea
genusNauhea
Parasyrisca
genusParasyrisca
Scopoides
genusScopoides
Echeminae
subfamilyEcheminae
Matua
genusMatua
Sorkinius
genusSorkinius
Hongkongia
genusHongkongia
Allomicythus
genusAllomicythus
Coreodrassus
genusCoreodrassus
Synaphosus
genusSynaphosus
Austrammo
genusAustrammo
Latica
genusLatica
Almafuerte
genusAlmafuerte
Coillina
genusCoillina
Xizangiana
genusXizangiana
Iranotricha
genusIranotricha
Callipelis
genusCallipelis
Yuqilin
genusYuqilin
Apodrassus
genusApodrassus
Arauchemus
genusArauchemus
Cryptodrassus
genusCryptodrassus
Diaphractus
genusDiaphractus
Microdrassus
genusMicrodrassus
Parabonna
genusParabonna
Shaitan
genusShaitan
Talanitoides
genusTalanitoides
Anagrina
genusAnagrina
Barrowammo
genusBarrowammo
Rastellus
genusRastellus
Amazoromus
genusAmazoromus
Kaitawa
genusKaitawa
Lasophorus
genusLasophorus
Marjanus
genusMarjanus
Verita
genusVerita
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Gnaphosidae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 50168.