Drassodes is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Niklas Westring in 1851. They are brown, gray, and red spiders that live under rocks or bark in mostly dry habitats, and are generally long, but can reach up to in length.
Species
it contains 162 species:
- D. adisensis <small>Strand, 1906</small> â Ethiopia
- D. affinis <small>(Nicolet, 1849)</small> â Chile
- D. afghanus <small>Roewer, 1961</small> â Afghanistan
- D. albicans <small>(Simon, 1878)</small> â Mediterranean
- D. andamanensis <small>Tikader, 1977</small> â India (Andaman Is.)
- D. andorranus <small>Denis, 1938</small> â Andorra
- D. angulus <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1976</small> â USA
- D. arapensis <small>Strand, 1908</small> â Peru
- D. archibensis <small>Ponomarev & Alieva, 2008</small> â Russia (Caucasus)
- D. assimilatus <small>(Blackwall, 1865)</small> â Canary Is., Cape Verde Is.
- D. astrologus <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874)</small> â India
- D. auriculoides <small>Barrows, 1919</small> â USA
- D. auritus <small>Schenkel, 1963</small> â Russia (Europe), Kazakhstan, China
- D. bechuanicus <small>Tucker, 1923</small> â South Africa
- D. bendamiranus <small>Roewer, 1961</small> â Afghanistan
- D. bicurvatus <small>Roewer, 1961</small> â Afghanistan
- D. bifidus <small>Kovblyuk & Seyyar, 2009</small> â Turkey
- D. brachythelis <small>(Thorell, 1890)</small> â Indonesia (Sumatra)
- D. braendegaardi <small>Caporiacco, 1949</small> â Kenya
- D. caffrerianus <small>Purcell, 1907</small> â South Africa
- D. calceatus <small>Purcell, 1907</small> â South Africa
- D. cambridgei <small>Roewer, 1951</small> â India
- D. canaglensis <small>Caporiacco, 1927</small> â Italy
- D. carinivulvus <small>Caporiacco, 1934</small> â India
- D. caspius <small>Ponomarev & Tsvetkov, 2006</small> â Turkey, Russia (Europe, Caucasus), Kazakhstan
- D. cerinus <small>Simon, 1897</small> â India
- D. charcoviae <small>(Thorell, 1875)</small> â Ukraine
- D. charitonovi <small>Tuneva, 2004</small> â Kazakhstan
- D. chybyndensis <small>Esyunin & Tuneva, 2002</small> â Russia (Europe to Central Asia), Kazakhstan, Iran
- D. clavifemur <small>(Reimoser, 1935)</small> â India (Karakorum, Kashmir)
- D. crassipalpus <small>(Roewer, 1961)</small> â Afghanistan
- D. cupa <small>Tuneva, 2004</small> â Kazakhstan
- D. cupreus <small>(Blackwall, 1834)</small> â Europe, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Russia (Europe to Far East)
- D. dagestanus <small>Ponomarev & Alieva, 2008</small> â Russia (Caucasus)
- D. daliensis <small>Yang & Song, 2003</small> â China
- D. delicatus <small>(Blackwall, 1867)</small> â India
- D. deoprayagensis <small>Tikader & Gajbe, 1975</small> â India
- D. depilosus <small>Dönitz & Strand, 1906</small> â Japan
- D. deserticola <small>Simon, 1893</small> â Algeria, Libya
- D. difficilis <small>(Simon, 1878)</small> â Spain, France, Italy, Turkey?
- D. dispulsoides <small>Schenkel, 1963</small> â China
- D. distinctus <small>(Lucas, 1846)</small> â Algeria
- D. dregei <small>Purcell, 1907</small> â South Africa
- D. drydeni <small>Petrunkevitch, 1914</small> â Myanmar
- D. ellenae <small>(Barrion & Litsinger, 1995)</small> â Philippines
- D. ereptor <small>Purcell, 1907</small> â South Africa
- D. falciger <small>Jézéquel, 1965</small> â Ivory Coast
- D. fedtschenkoi <small>(Kroneberg, 1875)</small> â Uzbekistan
- D. fugax <small>(Simon, 1878)</small> â Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Central Asia, China
- D. gangeticus <small>Tikader & Gajbe, 1975</small> â India
- D. gia <small>Melic & Barrientos, 2017</small> â Spain
- D. gilvus <small>Tullgren, 1910</small> â Tanzania
- D. gooldi <small>Purcell, 1907</small> â South Africa
- D. gosiutus <small>Chamberlin, 1919</small> â USA, Canada
- D. gujaratensis <small>Patel & Patel, 1975</small> â India
- D. hamiger <small>(Thorell, 1877)</small> â Indonesia (Sulawesi)
- D. hebei <small>Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004</small> â China
- D. helenae <small>Purcell, 1907</small> â South Africa
- D. heterophthalmus <small>Simon, 1905</small> â India
- D. himalayensis <small>Tikader & Gajbe, 1975</small> â India
- D. ignobilis <small>Petrunkevitch, 1914</small> â Myanmar
- D. imbecillus <small>(L. Koch, 1875)</small> â Ethiopia
- D. inermis <small>(Simon, 1878)</small> â Spain (Menorca), France
- D. infletus <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885)</small> â China (Yarkand), Russia (South Siberia), Mongolia
- D. insidiator <small>Thorell, 1897</small> â Myanmar
- D. insignis <small>(Blackwall, 1862)</small> â Brazil
- D. interemptor <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885)</small> â China (Yarkand)
- D. interlisus <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885)</small> â China (Yarkand)
- D. interpolator <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885)</small> â Tajikistan, China (Yarkand)
- D. involutus <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885)</small> â China (Yarkand)
- D. jakkabagensis <small>Charitonov, 1946</small> â Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan
- D. jiufeng <small>Tang, Song & Zhang, 2001</small> â China
- D. kaszabi <small>Loksa, 1965</small> â Russia (South Siberia), Mongolia
- D. katunensis <small>Marusik, Hippa & Koponen, 1996</small> â Russia (South Siberia)
- D. kibonotensis <small>Tullgren, 1910</small> â Tanzania
- D. krausi <small>(Roewer, 1961)</small> â Afghanistan
- D. kwantungensis <small>Saito, 1937</small> â China
- D. lacertosus <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)</small> â Greece, Turkey, Israel, Syria
- D. lapidosus <small>(Walckenaer, 1802)</small> (type) â Europe, Turkey, Israel, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan
- Drassodes l. bidens <small>(Simon, 1878)</small> â France
- D. lapsus <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885)</small> â China (Yarkand)
- D. licenti <small>Schenkel, 1953</small> â Mongolia
- D. lindbergi <small>Roewer, 1961</small> â Afghanistan
- D. lividus <small>Denis, 1958</small> â Afghanistan
- D. longispinus <small>Marusik & Logunov, 1995</small> â Russia (South Siberia, Far East), China, Korea
- D. lophognathus <small>Purcell, 1907</small> â South Africa
- D. luridus <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874)</small> â India
- D. luteomicans <small>(Simon, 1878)</small> â Southern Europe
- D. lutescens <small>(C. L. Koch, 1839)</small> â Mediterranean, Ukraine, Caucasus, Russia (Europe) to Central Asia, Pakistan
- D. lyratus <small>Purcell, 1907</small> â South Africa
- D. lyriger <small>Simon, 1909</small> â Ethiopia
- D. macilentus <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874)</small> â India
- D. malagassicus <small>(Butler, 1880)</small> â Madagascar
- D. mandibularis <small>(L. Koch, 1866)</small> â Russia (Europe)
- D. manducator <small>(Thorell, 1897)</small> â Myanmar
- D. masculus <small>Tucker, 1923</small> â South Africa
- D. mauritanicus <small>Denis, 1945</small> â North Africa
- D. meghalayaensis <small>Tikader & Gajbe, 1977</small> â India
- D. mirus <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1976</small> â Russia (Far East), North America
- D. montenegrinus <small>(KulczyÃ
Âski, 1897)</small> â Croatia, Serbia
- D. monticola <small>(Kroneberg, 1875)</small> â Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
- D. nagqu <small>Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004</small> â China
- D. narayanpurensis <small>Gajbe, 2005</small> â India
- D. natali <small>Esyunin & Tuneva, 2002</small> â Russia (Europe), Kazakhstan
- D. neglectus <small>(Keyserling, 1887)</small> â Russia (Middle to East Siberia, Far East), North America
- D. nox <small>Dönitz & Strand, 1906</small> â Japan
- D. nugatorius <small>(Karsch, 1881)</small> â Libya, Arabia
- D. obscurus <small>(Lucas, 1846)</small> â Algeria
- D. parauritus <small>Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004</small> â China
- D. paroculus <small>Simon, 1893</small> â Spain
- D. parvidens <small>Caporiacco, 1934</small> â India, Pakistan
- D. pashanensis <small>Tikader & Gajbe, 1977</small> â India
- D. pectinifer <small>Schenkel, 1936</small> â China
- D. phagduaensis <small>Tikader, 1964</small> â Nepal
- D. placidulus <small>Simon, 1914</small> â France
- D. platnicki <small>Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004</small> â Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Mongolia, China
- D. prosthesimiformis <small>Strand, 1906</small> â Ethiopia
- D. pseudolesserti <small>Loksa, 1965</small> â Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China
- D. pubescens <small>(Thorell, 1856)</small> â Europe, Turkey, Israel, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, Central Asia, China, Japan
- D. robatus <small>Roewer, 1961</small> â Afghanistan
- D. rostratus <small>Esyunin & Tuneva, 2002</small> â Russia (Europe), Kazakhstan
- D. rubicundulus <small>Caporiacco, 1934</small> â India, Pakistan
- D. rubidus <small>(Simon, 1878)</small> â Portugal, Spain, France, Italy (Sardinia)
- D. rugichelis <small>Denis, 1962</small> â Madeira
- D. russulus <small>(Thorell, 1890)</small> â Indonesia (Java)
- D. saccatus <small>(Emerton, 1890)</small> â North America
- D. saganus <small>Strand, 1918</small> â Japan
- D. sagarensis <small>Tikader, 1982</small> â India
- D. saitoi <small>Schenkel, 1963</small> â China
- D. serratichelis <small>(Roewer, 1928)</small> â Spain (Majorca), Greece, Turkey, Ukraine, Israel. Introduced to USA
- D. serratidens <small>Schenkel, 1963</small> â Russia (South Siberia to Far East), China, Korea, Japan
- D. sesquidentatus <small>Purcell, 1908</small> â South Africa
- D. shawanensis <small>Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004</small> â China
- D. similis <small>Nosek, 1905</small> â Turkey
- D. simplex <small>KulczyÃ
Âski, 1926</small> â Russia (Kamchatka)
- D. simplicivulvus <small>Caporiacco, 1940</small> â Ethiopia
- D. singulariformis <small>Roewer, 1951</small> â India
- D. sirmourensis <small>(Tikader & Gajbe, 1977)</small> â India, China
- D. sitae <small>Tikader & Gajbe, 1975</small> â India
- D. sockniensis <small>(Karsch, 1881)</small> â Libya
- D. solitarius <small>Purcell, 1907</small> â South Africa
- D. soussensis <small>Denis, 1956</small> â Morocco
- D. splendens <small>Tucker, 1923</small> â South Africa
- D. stationis <small>Tucker, 1923</small> â South Africa
- D. sternatus <small>Strand, 1906</small> â Ethiopia
- D. striatus <small>(L. Koch, 1866)</small> â Hungary, Balkans, Romania, Ukraine
- D. subviduatus <small>Strand, 1906</small> â Ethiopia
- D. taehadongensis <small>Paik, 1995</small> â Korea
- D. tarrhunensis <small>(Karsch, 1881)</small> â Libya
- D. termezius <small>Roewer, 1961</small> â Afghanistan
- D. tesselatus <small>Purcell, 1907</small> â South Africa
- D. thaleri <small>Hervé, 2009</small> â France
- D. thimei <small>(L. Koch, 1878)</small> â Turkmenistan
- D. tikaderi <small>(Gajbe, 1987)</small> â India
- D. tiritschensis <small>Miller & Buchar, 1972</small> â Afghanistan
- D. tortuosus <small>Tucker, 1923</small> â South Africa
- D. unicolor <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)</small> â Greece (Crete), Libya, Egypt, Lebanon, Israel
- D. uritai <small>Tang, Oldemtu, Zhao & Song, 1999</small> â China
- D. venustus <small>(Nicolet, 1849)</small> â Chile
- D. villosus <small>(Thorell, 1856)</small> â Europe, Turkey, Central Asia, Russia (Europe to Far East)
- D. viveki <small>(Gajbe, 1992)</small> â India
- D. vorax <small>Strand, 1906</small> â Ethiopia
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