Drassodes

{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|fossil_range={{Fossil range|Palaeogene|present}}

|image=Drassodes_pubescens1.JPG

|image_caption=D. pubescens

|taxon=Drassodes

|authority=Westring, 1851

|type_species=D. lapidosus

|type_species_authority=(Walckenaer, 1802)

|subdivision_ranks=Species

|subdivision=162, see text

|synonyms=

  • Geodrassus Chamberlin, 1922{{cite journal|last=Ubick|first=D.|last2=Roth|first2=V. D.|year=1973|title=Nearctic Gnaphosidae including species from adjacent Mexican states|journal=American Arachnology|volume=9|page=1}}
  • Kirmaka Roewer, 1961{{cite book|last=Murphy|first=J.|year=2007|title=Gnaphosid genera of the world|publisher=British Arachnological Society, St Neots, Cambridgeshire|page=54}}
  • Mesklia Roewer, 1928{{cite journal|last=Chatzaki|first=M.|last2=Thaler|first2=K.|last3=Mylonas|first3=M.|year=2002|title=Ground spiders (Gnaphosidae, Araneae) of Crete and adjacent areas of Greece. Taxonomy and distribution. II|journal=Revue suisse de Zoologie|volume=109|page=618}}
  • Sillemia Reimoser, 1935
  • Siruasus Roewer, 1961

|synonyms_ref=

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Drassodes is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Niklas Westring in 1851.{{cite journal|last=Westring|first=N.|year=1851|title=Förteckning öfver de till närvarande tid Kände, i Sverige förekommande Spindlarter, utgörande ett antal af 253, deraf 132 äro nya för svenska Faunan.|journal=Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar|pages=25–62|volume=2}} They are brown, gray, and red spiders that live under rocks or bark in mostly dry habitats, and are generally {{convert|3.8|to|11.6|mm}} long,{{cite web|title=Genus Drassodes|publisher=BugGuide|accessdate=2019-06-04|url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/98704}} but can reach up to {{convert|20|mm}} in length.

Species

{{as of|2019|05}} it contains 162 species:{{cite web|title=Gen. Drassodes Westring, 1851|website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0|accessdate=2019-06-04|year=2019|publisher=Natural History Museum Bern|url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/923|doi=10.24436/2}}

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