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Gnaphosidae

Arachnida - Araneae - Gnaphosidae

Taxonomy
Gnaphosidae was named by Pocock (1898). It is extant. Its type is Gnaphosa.

It was assigned to Gnaphosoidea by Dunlop et al. (2013); and to Dionycha by Wheeler et al. (2017).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Drassidae Scudder p. 62
1898Gnaphosidae Pocock
1922Drassidae Petrunkevitch
1942Drassodidae Petrunkevitch
1994Drassodidae Zhang et al. p. 223
2013Gnaphosidae Dunlop et al. p. 176
2017Gnaphosidae Wheeler et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
Dekatriata
RankNameAuthor
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
Pantetrapulmonata
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
Serikodiastida
orderAraneae
suborderOpisthothelaePocock 1892
infraorderAraneomorphaeSmith 1902
EntelegynaeSimon 1893
DionychaPetrunkevitch 1928
familyGnaphosidaePocock 1898
familyGnaphosidaePocock 1898

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Gnaphosidae Pocock 1898
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G. †Captrix Petrunkevitch 1942
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Captrix lineata Koch and Berendt 1854
G. Drassodes Westring 1851
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Drassodes cupreus Blackwall 1834
Drassodes femurus Lin et al. 1989
Drassodes sextii Berland 1939
G. †Drassyllinus Wunderlich 1988
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Drassyllinus aliter Wunderlich 1988
G. †Eognaphosops Wunderlich 2011
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Eognaphosops cryptoplanoides Wunderlich 2011
G. †Eomactator Petrunkevitch 1958
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Eomactator hamatus Wunderlich 2011
Eomactator hirsutipes Wunderlich 2011
Eomactator mactatus Petrunkevitch 1958
Eomactator obscurior Wunderlich 2011
G. Gnaphosa Latreille 1804
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Gnaphosa affinis Koch and Berendt 1854
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Invalid names: Philodromus dubius Koch and Berendt 1854 [synonym]
Gnaphosa ambigua Koch and Berendt 1854
Gnaphosa liaoningensis Chang 2004
Invalid names: Pythonissa Koch 1837 [synonym]
G. Micaria Westring 1851
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Micaria tenella Heer 1864
G. †Palaeodrassus Petrunkevitch 1922
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Palaeodrassus cockerelli Petrunkevitch 1922
Palaeodrassus florissanti Petrunkevitch 1922
Palaeodrassus hesternus Scudder 1890
Palaeodrassus ingenuus Scudder 1890
Palaeodrassus interitus Scudder 1890
G. Scopoides Platnick 1989
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Scopoides dominicanus Wunderlich 2011
G. Zelotes Giebel 1848
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Zelotes concinna Koch and Berendt 1854
Zelotes mundula Koch and Berendt 1854
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Invalid names: Melanophora nobilis Koch and Berendt 1854 [synonym]
Zelotes regalis Koch and Berendt 1854
G. †Zelotetis Wunderlich 2011
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Zelotetis calefacta Wunderlich 2011
Invalid names: Drassidae [synonym], Drassodidae Petrunkevitch 1942 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Grouping: solitaryc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Source: c = class
Reference: Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Holocene or 130.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.45 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Liaoning) Gnaphosa liaoningensis (148368)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Pythonissa affinis, Melanophora nobilis, Melanophora mundula (120811) Textrix lineata, Pythonissa affinis, Pythonissa ambigua, Melanophora regalis, Melanophora concinna, Melanophora nobilis, Melanophora mundula, Philodromus dubius (109625)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Captrix lineata (123766) Gnaphosidae indet., Eomactator sp., Eomactator hirsutipes, Eomactator obscurior, Eomactator hamatus, Eognaphosops cryptoplanoides, Zelotetis calefacta (124318)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Denmark Eomactator mactatus (123762)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Anyphaena interita, Titanoeca hesterna (106384) Palaeodrassus florissanti, Palaeodrassus cockerelli (127617)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Titanoeca hesterna (122093)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Drassodes sextii (122501)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Drassodes femurus (128555)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Drassyllinus aliter, Scopoides dominicanus (146557)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Macaria tenella (117252)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom (England) Drassodes cupreus (146876)