Haplodrassus

Haplodrassus
Female H. stationis
Male H. stationis
Scientific classification
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]

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]

Species

As of September 2025, this genus includes 101 species and one subspecies:[1]

  • Haplodrassus aenus Thaler, 1984Switzerland, Austria
  • Haplodrassus alexeevi Ponomarev & Shmatko, 2017Russia (Europe)
  • Haplodrassus ambalaensis Gajbe, 1992India
  • Haplodrassus atarot Levy, 2004Israel
  • Haplodrassus bechuanicus (Tucker, 1923)Namibia, Botswana, South Africa
  • Haplodrassus belgeri Ovtsharenko & Marusik, 1988 – Russia (South to north-east Siberia, Far East)
  • Haplodrassus bengalensis Gajbe, 1992 – India
  • Haplodrassus bicornis (Emerton, 1909)Canada, United States
  • Haplodrassus bohemicus Miller & Buchar, 1977Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Serbia, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Ukraine, Russia (Europe, Caucasus)
  • Haplodrassus caffrerianus (Purcell, 1907) – South Africa
  • Haplodrassus calceatus (Purcell, 1907) – South Africa
  • Haplodrassus canariensis Schmidt, 1977Canary Islands
  • Haplodrassus caspius Ponomarev & Belosludtsev, 2008 – Greece, Russia (Europe, Caucasus), Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan
  • Haplodrassus caucasius Ponomarev & Dvadnenko, 2013Caucasus (Russia, Georgia)
  • Haplodrassus chamberlini Platnick & Shadab, 1975 – Canada, United States, Mexico
  • Haplodrassus chotanagpurensis Gajbe, 1987 – India
  • Haplodrassus cognatus (Westring, 1861)Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Japan
  • Haplodrassus concertor (Simon, 1878)Spain, France, Italy
  • Haplodrassus crassipes (Lucas, 1846)Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Italy (Sicily)
  • Haplodrassus creticus (Roewer, 1928) – Greece (Crete)
  • Haplodrassus dalmatensis (L. Koch, 1866) – Europe, North Africa, Ethiopia, Turkey, Caucasus, Middle East, Russia, (Europe)
  • Haplodrassus dentatus Xu & Song, 1987China
  • Haplodrassus dentifer Bosmans & Abrous, 2018 – Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Spain
  • Haplodrassus deserticola Schmidt & Krause, 1996 – Canary Islands
  • Haplodrassus dixiensis Chamberlin & Woodbury, 1929 – United States
  • Haplodrassus dregei (Purcell, 1907) – South Africa
  • Haplodrassus dumdumensis Tikader, 1982 – India
  • Haplodrassus eunis Chamberlin, 1922Alaska, Canada, United States
  • Haplodrassus gilvus (Tullgren, 1910)Tanzania
  • Haplodrassus gooldi (Purcell, 1907) – South Africa
  • Haplodrassus guiyangensis Yan & Yu, 2021 – China
  • Haplodrassus hatsushibai Kamura, 2007Korea, Japan
  • Haplodrassus helenae (Purcell, 1907) – South Africa
  • Haplodrassus huarong Yin & Bao, 2012 – China
  • Haplodrassus hunanensis Yin & Bao, 2012 – China
  • Haplodrassus ibericus Melic, Silva & Barrientos, 2016Portugal, Spain
  • Haplodrassus invalidus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Israel, Egypt, Azerbaijan
  • Haplodrassus ivlievi Ponomarev, 2015 – Russia (Europe)
  • Haplodrassus jacobi Gajbe, 1992 – India
  • Haplodrassus kanenoi Kamura, 1995 – Japan
  • Haplodrassus kibonotensis (Tullgren, 1910) – Tanzania
  • Haplodrassus kulczynskii Lohmander, 1942 – Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe to Far East), Caucasus, Kazakhstan, China, Korea
  • Haplodrassus lilliputanus Levy, 2004 – Israel
  • Haplodrassus longivulva Bosmans & Hervé, 2018 – Morocco, Algeria
  • Haplodrassus lophognathus (Purcell, 1907) – South Africa
  • Haplodrassus lyndae Abrous & Bosmans, 2018 – Morocco, Algeria, Spain
  • Haplodrassus lyratus (Purcell, 1907) – South Africa
  • Haplodrassus lyriger (Simon, 1909) – Ethiopia
  • Haplodrassus macellinus (Thorell, 1871) – France, Italy, Portugal?, Spain?
  • Haplodrassus maculatus (Banks, 1904) – United States, Mexico
  • Haplodrassus masculus (Tucker, 1923)Zimbabwe, South Africa
  • Haplodrassus mayumiae Kamura, 2007 – Korea, Japan
  • Haplodrassus medes Zamani, Chatzaki, Esyunin & Marusik, 2021 – Iran
  • Haplodrassus mediterraneus Levy, 2004 – Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan
  • Haplodrassus mimus Chamberlin, 1922 – United States
  • Haplodrassus minor (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879) – Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe to West Siberia)
  • Haplodrassus miryangensis Seo, 2017 – Korea
  • Haplodrassus moderatus (Kulczyński, 1897) – Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), China
  • Haplodrassus montanus Paik & Sohn, 1984 – Russia (Far East), Korea
  • Haplodrassus morosus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Greece, Turkey, Israel
  • Haplodrassus nabozhenkoi Ponomarev, 2023 – Russia (Caucasus)
  • Haplodrassus nagri Sajid, Zahid, Butt & Shah, 2024Pakistan
  • Haplodrassus nigroscriptus (Simon, 1909) – Morocco
  • Haplodrassus nojimai Kamura, 2007 – Korea, Japan
  • Haplodrassus omissus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Canary Islands, Morocco, Mediterranean
  • Haplodrassus orientalis (L. Koch, 1866) – Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Ukraine, Russia (Europe), Georgia, Kazakhstan
  • Haplodrassus ovatus Bosmans & Hervé, 2018 – Algeria, Tunisia
  • Haplodrassus ovtchinnikovi Ponomarev, 2008 – Turkey, Russia (Europe), Iran, Kazakhstan
  • Haplodrassus paramecus Zhang, Song & Zhu, 2001 – China
  • Haplodrassus pargongsanensis Paik, 1992 – Korea
  • Haplodrassus ponomarevi Kovblyuk & Seyyar, 2009 – Greece, Turkey
  • Haplodrassus pseudosignifer Marusik, Hippa & Koponen, 1996 – Ukraine, Russia (Europe to Central Asia), Iran
  • Haplodrassus pugnans (Simon, 1880) – Egypt, Israel, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, China, Korea, Japan
  • Haplodrassus qashqai Zamani, Chatzaki, Esyunin & Marusik, 2021Iraq, Iran
  • Haplodrassus reginae Schmidt & Krause, 1998Cape Verde Islands
  • Haplodrassus rhodanicus (Simon, 1914) – Portugal, Spain, France, Italy (Sardinia), Algeria, Tunisia, Iran
  • Haplodrassus rufipes (Lucas, 1846) – Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy
  • Haplodrassus rufus (Savelyeva, 1972) – Kazakhstan
  • Haplodrassus rugosus Tuneva, 2004 – Kazakhstan
  • Haplodrassus sataraensis Tikader & Gajbe, 1977 – India
  • Haplodrassus securifer Bosmans & Abrous, 2018 – Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Belgium
  • Haplodrassus sesquidentatus (Purcell, 1908) – South Africa
  • Haplodrassus signifer (C. L. Koch, 1839)North America, Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Israel, Iraq, Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, China, Korea
  • Haplodrassus silvestris (Blackwall, 1833) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus
  • Haplodrassus smythiesi (Simon, 1897) – India
  • Haplodrassus soerenseni (Strand, 1900) – Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, China, Turkey?
  • Haplodrassus solitarius (Purcell, 1907) – Zimbabwe, South Africa
  • Haplodrassus splendens (Tucker, 1923) – Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Lesotho
  • Haplodrassus stationis (Tucker, 1923) – South Africa
  • Haplodrassus stuxbergi (L. Koch, 1879) – North America, Russia (Europe to Far East)
  • Haplodrassus taepaikensis Paik, 1992 – Russia (South Siberia, Far East), Korea
  • Haplodrassus taibo (Chamberlin, 1919) – United States
  • Haplodrassus tegulatus (Schenkel, 1963) – Turkey, Russia (South Siberia), China
  • Haplodrassus tehriensis Tikader & Gajbe, 1977 – India
  • Haplodrassus tesselatus (Purcell, 1907) – South Africa
  • Haplodrassus tortuosus (Tucker, 1923) – South Africa
  • Haplodrassus triangularis Bosmans, 2018 – Morocco, Tunisia
  • Haplodrassus typhon (Simon, 1878) – Algeria, Tunisia, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy (Sardinia)
  • Haplodrassus umbratilis (L. Koch, 1866) – Europe, Kazakhstan
    • Haplodrassus umbratilis gothicus Lohmander, 1942Sweden
  • Haplodrassus vastus (Hu, 1989) – China
  • Haplodrassus yinae Liu, 2022 – China

References

  1. ^ a b c "Genus Haplodrassus". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  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.