World Spider Catalog

Gnaphosidae Banks, 1892

Family | ACCEPTED

Gen. Cryptodrassus Miller, 1943 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02414

type Cryptodrassus pulchellus Miller, 1943; gender masculine; syn. of Cryptodrassus hungaricus (Balogh, 1935)

N.B.: see Murphy, 2007: f. 532-535 for figures of two species from Spain.

In synonymy:

Cryptodrassus jabalpurensis (Gajbe, 2005, T from Drassyllus) = Cryptodrassus khajuriai (Tikader & Gajbe, 1976) (Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2020a: 2)

Cryptodrassus pulchellus Miller, 1943 = Cryptodrassus hungaricus (Balogh, 1935) (Weiss, Szinetár & Samu, 1998: 57)

Cryptodrassus beijing Lin & Li, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054881

Cryptodrassus beijing Lin & Li, in Lin et al., 2022c: 212, f. 12A-C, 13A-B, 14A-D (Dmf) Original description

Cryptodrassus creticus Chatzaki, 2002 | | Greece (Crete), Turkey urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038047

Cryptodrassus creticus Chatzaki, in Chatzaki, Thaler & Mylonas, 2002b: 624, f. 55-56, 61-62 (Dmf) Original description

Cryptodrassus creticus Seyyar, Topçu & Demir, 2006: 119, f. 4 (f)

Cryptodrassus creticus Murphy, 2007: 65, f. 530-531 (mf, misplaced in this genus)

Cryptodrassus creticus Çoşkun, Seyyar & Demir, 2022: 132, f. 2A-C, 3A-D (m)

Cryptodrassus helvoloides (Levy, 1998) | | Israel urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028235

Zelotes helvoloides Levy, 1998c: 150, f. 123-125 (Dm), f. 126-127 (f) belongs to C. helvolus per Chatzaki & Russell-Smith, 2017: 240 Original description

Cryptodrassus helvoloides Chatzaki & Russell-Smith, 2017: 240, f. 7-11 (mf, T from Zelotes)

Cryptodrassus helvolus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) | | Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Italy (Sicily), Russia (Europe), Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Kazakhstan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028236

Melanophora helvola O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872: 243, pl. 16, f. 23 (Dm) Original description

Prosthesima helvola Simon, 1878a: 98

Zelotes helvolus Levy, 1998c: 148, f. 120-122 (m)

Zelotes helvoloides Levy, 1998c: 150, f. 126-127 (f; misidentified per Chatzaki & Russell-Smith, 2017: 238)

Cryptodrassus helvolus Chatzaki & Russell-Smith, 2017: 238, f. 1-6 (mf, T from Zelotes)

Zelotes helvolus Ponomarev, Prokopenko & Shmatko, 2017: 110, f. 9-10 (m)

Cryptodrassus helvolus Ponomarev et al., 2018a: 246, f. 3-4 (f)

Cryptodrassus helvolus Abdalrazzaq & Najim, 2024: 142, f. 2A-B, 3A-B (f)

Cryptodrassus helvolus Bosmans & Alioua, 2024: 1118, f. 1A-H (mf)

Cryptodrassus helvolus Nuruyeva & Snegovaya, 2024b: 61, f. 1-4 (f)

Cryptodrassus helvolus Seropian et al., 2024b: 187, f. 3-4 (m)

Cryptodrassus helvolus Nazari & Mashayekh, 2026: 52, f. 8b, d (m)

Cryptodrassus hungaricus (Balogh, 1935) | | France to Greece and Russia (Europe, Caucasus), Azerbaĳan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026838 TYPE SPECIES

Zelotes hungaricus Balogh, 1935: 18 (Dmf) Original description

Cryptodrassus pulchellus Miller, 1943: 12, pl. I, f. 2-6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054866]

Cryptodrassus pulchellus Miller, 1947: 55, pl. II, f. 4a-c (f)

Cryptodrassus pulchellus Miller, 1949: 96, f. 13-23 (Dm)

Cryptodrassus pulchellus Miller, 1971: 81, pl. VI, f. 13-14 (m)

Cryptodrassus pulchellus Ovtsharenko, Levy & Platnick, 1994: 3, f. 7-11 (mf)

Cryptodrassus pulchellus Weiss & Moldován, 1998: 522, f. 1-4 (m)

Cryptodrassus hungaricus Weiss, Szinetár & Samu, 1998: 57, f. 1-4 (mf, T from Zelotes, S of Cryptodrassus pulchellus)

Cryptodrassus hungaricus Ledoux & Rollard, 2004: 16, f. 1A-F (mf)

Cryptodrassus hungaricus Trotta, 2005: 164, f. 270-273 (mf)

Cryptodrassus hungaricus Murphy, 2007: 65, f. 528-529 (mf)

Cryptodrassus hungaricus Kovblyuk & Nadolny, 2010: 190, f. 1-19 (mf)

Cryptodrassus hungaricus Wunderlich, 2011: 35, f. 77-80 (mf)

Cryptodrassus hungaricus Naumova, Blagoev & Deltshev, 2021: 233, f. 3A-C (m)

Cryptodrassus hungaricus Ponomarev et al., 2021: 358, f. 16 (f)

Cryptodrassus hungaricus Zamani et al., 2025c: 133, f. 2F (f)

Cryptodrassus iranicus Zamani, Chatzaki, Esyunin & Marusik, 2021 | | Iran urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053226

Cryptodrassus iranicus Zamani et al., 2021a: 79, f. 7A-J (Dm) Original description

Cryptodrassus iranicus Nazari & Mashayekh, 2026: 52, f. 8a, c (m)

Cryptodrassus khajuriai (Tikader & Gajbe, 1976) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027062

Drassyllus khajuriai Tikader & Gajbe, 1976a: 432, f. 5-8 (Df) Original description

Drassyllus khajuriai Tikader, 1982b: 512, f. 490-494 (f)

Drassyllus jabalpurensis Gajbe, 2005d: 136, f. 23-27 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040603]

Drassyllus khajuriai Gajbe, 2007: 489, f. 208-212 (f)

Cryptodrassus khajuriai Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2020a: 2, f. 1A-D, 2A-D (f, T from Drassyllus, S of Drassyllus jabalpurensis)

Cryptodrassus liyanicus Zamani & Marusik, 2024 | | Iran urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059956

Cryptodrassus liyanicus Zamani & Marusik, in Zamani et al., 2024a: 295, f. 6A-C (Df) Original description

Cryptodrassus mahabalei (Tikader, 1982) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027067

Drassyllus mahabalei Tikader, 1982b: 510, f. 485-459 (Df) Original description

Drassyllus mahabalei Gajbe, 2007: 490, f. 213-217 (f)

Cryptodrassus mahabalei Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2020a: 5, f. 3A-D (f, T from Drassyllus)

Cryptodrassus michaeli Barrientos, 2024 | | Spain urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063411

Cryptodrassus michaeli Barrientos, in Barrientos et al., 2024c: 34, f. 4A-B, 5A-C, 5c1-c2, pl. 3A-C, 8 (Dm; f f. 4C-D, pl. 3D see Zelotes imazigheni) Original description

Cryptodrassus platnicki (Gajbe, 1987) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027081

Drassyllus platnicki Gajbe, 1987d: 289, f. 1-5 (Df) Original description

Cryptodrassus platnicki Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2020a: 7 (T from Drassyllus)

Cryptodrassus ratnagiriensis (Tikader & Gajbe, 1976) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027088

Drassyllus ratnagiriensis Tikader & Gajbe, 1976a: 431, f. 1-4 (Df) Original description

Drassyllus ratnagiriensis Tikader, 1982b: 514, f. 495-499 (f)

Cryptodrassus ratnagiriensis Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2020a: 8, f. 4A-D (f, T from Drassyllus)