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.
Lygromma is a spider genus of Central and South America. There are species with eight, six and no eyes. The eyeless L. anops is endemic to Galapagos, while the not closely related blind L. gertschi is found only on Jamaica.
Cesonia is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1893.
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.
Apodrassodes is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by J. Vellard in 1924.
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.
Scopoides is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick in 1989.
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.
Chileuma is a genus of Chilean long-spinneret ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick, M. U. Shadab & L. N. Sorkin in 2005. As of June 2019 it contains only three species, found only in Chile: C. paposo, C. renca, and C. serena.
Moreno is a genus of South American long-spinneret ground spiders that was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1940.
Neozimiris is a genus of long-spinneret ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1903.
