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]

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: Haplodrassus
Chamberlin, 1922[1]
Type species
H. hiemalis
(Emerton, 1909)
Species

79, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Tuvadrassus Marusik & Logunov, 1995[2]

Species edit

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

References edit

  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.