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Stealthy Ground Spiders

Gnaphosidae

Ground spiders comprise Gnaphosidae, the seventh largest spider family with about 2,500 described species in over 100 genera distributed worldwide. There are 105 species known to central Europe, and common genera include Gnaphosa, Drassodes, Micaria, Cesonia, Zelotes and many others. They are closely related to Clubionidae. At present, no ground spiders are known to be seriously venomous to humans.

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60 branches of this family, most-observed first

Herpyllinae

subfamilyHerpyllinae

Zelotinae

subfamilyZelotinae

Scotophaeus

genusScotophaeus

Drassodinae

subfamilyDrassodinae

Gnaphosinae

subfamilyGnaphosinae

Micariinae

subfamilyMicariinae

Haplodrassus

genusHaplodrassus

Hypodrassodes

genusHypodrassodes

Xerophaeus

genusXerophaeus

Apopyllus

genusApopyllus

Molycriinae

subfamilyMolycriinae

Termite hunters

genusAmmoxenus

Drassodex

genusDrassodex

Zelanda

genusZelanda

Notiodrassus

genusNotiodrassus

Apodrassodes

genusApodrassodes

Leptodrassinae

subfamilyLeptodrassinae

Sosticus

genusSosticus

Talanites

genusTalanites

Avstroneulanda

genusAvstroneulanda

Orodrassus

genusOrodrassus

Sanitubius

genusSanitubius

Micythus

genusMicythus

Anagraphidinae

subfamilyAnagraphidinae

Pseudodrassus

genusPseudodrassus

Odontodrassus

genusOdontodrassus

Parasyrisca

genusParasyrisca

Nauhea

genusNauhea

Scopoides

genusScopoides

Echeminae

subfamilyEcheminae

Matua

genusMatua

Sorkinius

genusSorkinius

Hongkongia

genusHongkongia

Allomicythus

genusAllomicythus

Coreodrassus

genusCoreodrassus

Synaphosus

genusSynaphosus

Austrammo

genusAustrammo

Latica

genusLatica

Almafuerte

genusAlmafuerte

Coillina

genusCoillina

Xizangiana

genusXizangiana

Iranotricha

genusIranotricha

Callipelis

genusCallipelis

Yuqilin

genusYuqilin

Apodrassus

genusApodrassus

Arauchemus

genusArauchemus

Cryptodrassus

genusCryptodrassus

Diaphractus

genusDiaphractus

Microdrassus

genusMicrodrassus

Parabonna

genusParabonna

Barrowammo

genusBarrowammo

Rastellus

genusRastellus

Amazoromus

genusAmazoromus

Shaitan

genusShaitan

Talanitoides

genusTalanitoides

Anagrina

genusAnagrina

Kaitawa

genusKaitawa

Lasophorus

genusLasophorus

Marjanus

genusMarjanus

Verita

genusVerita

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