Arachnida - Araneae - Gnaphosidae
Synonyms: Drassidae, Drassodidae Petrunkevitch 1942
Parent taxon: Dionycha according to W. C. Wheeler et al. 2017
See also Dunlop et al. 2013, Petrunkevitch 1922, Scudder 1890 and Zhang et al. 1994
Sister taxa: Anyphaenidae, Cheiracanthiidae, Clubionidae, Clubionoidea, Corinnidae, Donuea, Liocranidae, Miturgidae, Philodromidae, Phrurolithidae, Prodidomidae, Salticidae, Selenopidae, Trachelidae, Trochanteriidae
Subtaxa: Captrix Drassodes Drassyllinus Eognaphosops Eomactator Gnaphosa Micaria Palaeodrassus Scopoides Zelotes Zelotetis
Type: Gnaphosa
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Miocene of China (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Germany (1)
• Oligocene of France (1)
• Eocene of Denmark (1), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (2), United States (3: Colorado)
• Cretaceous of China (1)
Total: 14 collections including 32 occurrences