Family: Gnaphosidae Banks, 1892 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0054] Back

Gen. Gnaphosa Latreille, 1804 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02428 ]
N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Drassus Walckenaer, 1805: 45  [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05568] (type Aranea lucifuga Walckenaer, 1802) and of Pythonissa C. L. Koch, 1837b: 16 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05567] (type P. nigra C. L. Koch, 1837 = Gnaphosa lucifuga (Walckenaer, 1802) by Thorell, 1870b: 149; for the name Drassus see also the discussion by Simon, 1893a: 340; considered a senior synonym of Cylphosa Chamberlin, 1933a: 2 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05566] (type Gnaphosa gosoga Chamberlin, 1928 = G. californica Banks, 1904) by Ubick & Roth, 1973a: 4 and of Pterochroa Benoit, 1977c: 52 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02466] (type Gnaphosa funerea Dalmas, 1921) by Murphy, 2007: x, 8; erroneously considered a senior synonym of Drassina Grube, 1861 by Ovtsharenko & Marusik, 1988: 205, see Tegenaria; Oreognaphosa Lohmander, 1944: 11  [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06022] (type Pythonissa leporina L. Koch, 1866) was described as subgenus of Gnaphosa.
Status: accepted
Last updated
2025-01-30
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Latreille, 1804b: 134 (type Aranea lucifuga Walckenaer, 1802; gender feminine; type fixed by Thorell, 1870b: 149)
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Species counts
Counts Status
150accepted
72synonym
14nomen dubium
3homonym replaced
Reference

Latreille, P. A. (1804b). Tableau methodique des Insectes. Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 24: 129-295. download pdf

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