Family: GNAPHOSIDAE Pocock, 1898
stealthy ground spiders
Similar Families
Family Name Authority
Pocock, R. I. 1898. The Arachnida from the province of Natal, South Africa, contained in the collection of the British Museum. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 2: 197-226.
Nearctic Taxonomic/Species Richness
Number of Nearctic Species: 254 (as documented in the World Spider Catalog & includes introductions)
Slice of GNAPHOSIDAE relative taxonomic/species richness drawn exploded from all other Families each with greater than 50 member species in the Nearctic. (Requires Flash plug-in - refresh this page if chart not visible)
[Legend: Family (#species), Percentages: Relative to total number of Nearctic species]
Nearctic/Palearctic Genera
| # | Genus | Ref. | Common Name |
| 1 | Aphantaulax Simon, 1878 |  |
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| 2 | Callilepis Westring, 1874 | |
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| 3 | Camillina Berland, 1919 | |
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| 4 | Cesonia Simon, 1893 | |
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| 5 | Drassodes Westring, 1851 | |
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| 6 | Drassyllus Chamberlin, 1922 | |
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| 7 | Eilica Keyserling, 1891 | |
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| 8 | Gertschosa Platnick & Shadab, 1981 | |
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| 9 | Gnaphosa Latreille, 1804 | |
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| 10 | Haplodrassus Chamberlin, 1922 | |
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| 11 | Herpyllus Hentz, 1832 | |
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| 12 | Litopyllus Chamberlin, 1922 | |
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| 13 | Micaria Westring, 1851 | |
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| 14 | Nodocion Chamberlin, 1922 | |
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| 15 | Nomisia Dalmas, 1921 | |
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| 16 | Orodrassus Chamberlin, 1922 | |
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| 17 | Parasyrisca Schenkel, 1963 | |
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| 18 | Phaeocedus Simon, 1893 | |
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| 19 | Scopoides Platnick, 1989 | |
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| 20 | Scotophaeus Simon, 1893 | |
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| 21 | Sergiolus Simon, 1891 | |
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| 22 | Sosticus Chamberlin, 1922 | |
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| 23 | Synaphosus Platnick & Shadab, 1980 | |
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| 24 | Talanites Simon, 1893 | |
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| 25 | Trachyzelotes Lohmander, 1944 | |
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| 26 | Urozelotes Mello-Leitão, 1938 | |
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| 27 | Zelotes Gistel, 1848 | |
Nearctic/Palearctic Species Images
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