| Synaphosus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Gnaphosidae |
| Genus: | Synaphosus Platnick & Shadab, 1980 [1] |
| Type species | |
| S. syntheticus (Chamberlin, 1924) | |
| Species | |
32, see text | |
Synaphosus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick & M. U. Shadab in 1980. [2]
As of May 2019 [update] it contains thirty-two 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.
Pellenes is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1876. It is considered a senior synonym of Hyllothyene.
Drassodes is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Niklas Westring in 1851. They are brown, gray, and red spiders that live under rocks or bark in mostly dry habitats, and are generally 3.8 to 11.6 millimetres long, but can reach up to 20 millimetres (0.79 in) in length.
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.
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.
Berlandina is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by R. de Dalmas in 1922.
Haplodrassus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by R. V. Chamberlin in 1922. They range from 3 to 10 millimetres. H. signifer is the most widespread species, found across North America except for Alaska and northern Canada.
Parasyrisca is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by E. Schenkel in 1963. Originally placed with the sac spiders, it was moved to the Miturgidae in 1967, then to the ground spiders in 1988.
Pterotricha is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Władysław Kulczyński in 1903.
Pseudomogrus is a genus of jumping spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1937.
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