| Scopoides Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Gnaphosidae |
| Genus: | Scopoides Platnick, 1989 [1] |
| Type species | |
| S. catharius (Chamberlin, 1922) | |
| Species | |
15, see text | |
Scopoides is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick in 1989. [2]
As of March 2022 [update] it contains fifteen species: [1]
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.
Prodidominae is a family of spider, sometimes called long-spinneret ground spiders. It was formerly regarded as a subfamily of Gnaphosidae, but was raised to a family in 2022.
Cesonia is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1893.
Zelotes is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by J. Gistel in 1848.
Gnaphosa is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804. They all have a serrated keel on the retromargin of each chelicera.
Herpyllus is a genus of ground spiders first described by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz in 1832.
Micaria is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Niklas Westring in 1851. They are 1.3 to 6.5 millimetres long.
Trachelas is a genus of araneomorph spiders originally placed with the Trachelidae, and later moved to the Corinnidae.
Drassyllus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by R. V. Chamberlin in 1922.
Gertschosa is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick & M. U. Shadab in 1981.
Sergiolus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1892. They are 3.3 to 9 millimetres long.
Sosticus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by R. V. Chamberlin in 1922.
Synaphosus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick & M. U. Shadab in 1980.
Talanites is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1893.
Tivodrassus is a genus of Mexican long-spinneret ground spiders that was first described by Ralph Vary Chamberlin & Vaine Wilton Ivie in 1936. It was transferred to the ground spiders in 2018, but was returned to Prodidominae in 2022.