Gnaphosa is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804.[4] They all have a serrated keel on the retromargin of each chelicera.[5]

Gnaphosa
Temporal range: Cretaceous–present
Gnaphosa lucifuga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Gnaphosa
Latreille, 1804[1]
Type species
G. lucifuga
(Walckenaer, 1802)
Species

148, see text

Synonyms[1]

Species

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As of May 2019 it contains 148 species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Gnaphosa Latreille, 1804". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  2. ^ Ubick, D.; Roth, V. D. (1973). "Nearctic Gnaphosidae including species from adjacent Mexican states". American Arachnology. 9 (2): 4.
  3. ^ Murphy, J. (2007). Gnaphosid genera of the world. British Arachnological Society, St Neots, Cambridgeshire. p. 8.
  4. ^ Latreille, P. A. (1804). "Tableau methodique des Insectes". Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 24: 129–295.
  5. ^ "Genus Gnaphosa". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  6. ^ Naumova, Maria; Blagoev, Gergin; Deltshev, Christo (June 2021). "Fifty spider species new to the Bulgarian fauna, with a review of some dubious species (Arachnida: Araneae)". Zootaxa. 4984 (1): 228–257. Retrieved 6 June 2024.

Further reading

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  • Ovcharenko, V. I.; Platnick, N.I. (1998). "Taxonomic notes on the ground spider genus Gnaphosa (Araneae, Gnaphosidae)". American Museum Novitates (3234). hdl:2246/3364.