Ground spiders comprise Gnaphosidae, the seventh largest spider family with over 2,000 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.
Araniella is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by R. V. Chamberlin & Wilton Ivie in 1942. The genus includes Araniella cucurbitina, the cucumber green spider.
Filistata is a genus of crevice weavers that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1810.
Zaitunia is a genus of crevice weavers that was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.
Alireza Zamani is an Iranian arachnologist and taxonomist.
Paracedicus is a genus of Asian araneomorph spiders in the family Cybaeidae, and was first described by Victor R. Fet in 1993. First placed as a subgenus of Cedicus, it was elevated to genus status in 2003.
Paratheuma is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by E. B. Bryant in 1940. Originally placed with the ground spiders, it was transferred to the intertidal spiders in 1975, and to the Dictynidae in 2016.
Duninia is a genus of Asian tree trunk spiders that was first described by Yuri M. Marusik & Victor R. Fet in 2009.
Pterotricha is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Władysław Kulczyński in 1903.
Acanthinozodium is a genus of spiders in the family Zodariidae. It was described in 1966 by Jacques Denis.
Callipelis is a genus of ground spiders containing the single species, Callipelis deserticola. It was first described by Alireza Zamani & Yuri M. Marusik in 2017, and is only found in Iran.
Pax is a genus of Asian ant spiders first described by G. Levy in 1990.
Ecurobius is a monotypic genus of Middle Eastern tangled nest spiders containing the single species, Ecurobius parthicus. It was first described by Alireza Zamani and Yuri M. Marusik in 2021, and it has only been found in Iran.
Asiascape is a monotypic genus of Middle Eastern funnel weavers containing the single species, Asiascape parthica. It was first described by Alireza Zamani and Yuri M. Marusik in 2020, and it has only been found in Iran.
Persilena is a monotypic genus of Middle Eastern funnel weavers containing the single species, Persilena sengleti. It was first described by Alireza Zamani and Yuri M. Marusik in 2020, and it has only been found in Iran.
Persiscape is a genus of funnel weavers first described by Alireza Zamani and Yuri M. Marusik in 2020.
Zagrotes is a genus of Iranian ground spiders, first described by Alireza Zamani, Maria Chatzaki, Sergei L. Esyunin and Yuri M. Marusik in 2021.
Sestakovaia is a small genus of liocranid sac spiders first described by Alireza Zamani and Yuri M. Marusik in 2021. As of December 2021 it contains only two species: S. annulipes and S. hyrcania. This genus is named after the Slovakian arachnologist Anna Šestáková.
Bosselaerius is a genus of Asian spiders in the family Phrurolithidae. It was first described by Alireza Zamani and Yuri M. Marusik in 2020. As of March 2022 it contains only three species: B. daoxianensis, B. hyrcanicus, and B. tajikistanicus.
Yuri Mikhailovitch Marusik is a Russian arachnologist.
