Haplodrassus Genus of spiders
Haplodrassus genus of ground spiders that was first described by R. V. Chamberlin in 1922. They range from 3 to 10 millimetres (0.12 to 0.39 in) . H. signifer is the most widespread species, found across North America except for Alaska and northern Canada.
Species
male H. lophognathus
H. signifer
As of September 2025 [ update]
Haplodrassus aenus Thaler, 1984 – Switzerland , Austria Haplodrassus alexeevi Ponomarev & Shmatko, 2017 – Russia (Europe)Haplodrassus ambalaensis Gajbe, 1992 – India Haplodrassus atarot Levy , 2004Israel Haplodrassus bechuanicus (Tucker , 1923) – Namibia , Botswana , South Africa Haplodrassus belgeri Ovtsharenko & Marusik , 1988 – Russia (South to north-east Siberia, Far East)Haplodrassus bengalensis Gajbe, 1992 – IndiaHaplodrassus bicornis (Emerton, 1909) – Canada , United States Haplodrassus bohemicus Miller & Buchar, 1977 – Czech Republic , Slovakia , Austria, Hungary , Serbia , North Macedonia , Bulgaria , Greece , Ukraine , Russia (Europe, Caucasus)Haplodrassus caffrerianus (Purcell , 1907) – South AfricaHaplodrassus calceatus (Purcell, 1907) – South AfricaHaplodrassus canariensis Schmidt, 1977 – Canary Islands Haplodrassus caspius Ponomarev & Belosludtsev, 2008 – Greece, Russia (Europe, Caucasus), Azerbaijan , Iran , Kazakhstan Haplodrassus caucasius Ponomarev & Dvadnenko, 2013 – Caucasus (Russia, Georgia)Haplodrassus chamberlini Platnick & Shadab, 1975Mexico Haplodrassus chotanagpurensis Gajbe, 1987 – IndiaHaplodrassus cognatus (Westring, 1861) – Europe , Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Japan Haplodrassus concertor (Simon , 1878) – Spain , France , Italy Haplodrassus crassipes (Lucas , 1846) – Morocco , Algeria , Tunisia , Italy (Sicily)Haplodrassus creticus (Roewer , 1928) – Greece (Crete)Haplodrassus dalmatensis (L. Koch , 1866) – Europe, North Africa , Ethiopia , Turkey , Caucasus, Middle East , Russia, (Europe)Haplodrassus dentatus Xu & Song, 1987 – China Haplodrassus dentifer Bosmans & Abrous, 2018 – Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, SpainHaplodrassus deserticola Schmidt & Krause, 1996 – Canary IslandsHaplodrassus dixiensis Chamberlin & Woodbury, 1929 – United StatesHaplodrassus dregei (Purcell, 1907) – South AfricaHaplodrassus dumdumensis Tikader, 1982 – IndiaHaplodrassus eunis Chamberlin, 1922 – Alaska , Canada, United StatesHaplodrassus gilvus (Tullgren , 1910) – Tanzania Haplodrassus gooldi (Purcell, 1907) – South AfricaHaplodrassus guiyangensis Yan & Yu, 2021 – ChinaHaplodrassus hatsushibai Kamura, 2007 – Korea , JapanHaplodrassus helenae (Purcell, 1907) – South AfricaHaplodrassus huarong Yin & Bao, 2012 – ChinaHaplodrassus hunanensis Yin & Bao, 2012 – ChinaHaplodrassus ibericus Melic, Silva & Barrientos, 2016 – Portugal , SpainHaplodrassus invalidus (O. Pickard-Cambridge , 1872) – Greece, Cyprus , Turkey, Israel, Egypt , AzerbaijanHaplodrassus ivlievi Ponomarev, 2015 – Russia (Europe)Haplodrassus jacobi Gajbe, 1992 – IndiaHaplodrassus kanenoi Kamura, 1995 – JapanHaplodrassus kibonotensis (Tullgren, 1910) – TanzaniaHaplodrassus kulczynskii Lohmander, 1942 – Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe to Far East), Caucasus, Kazakhstan, China, KoreaHaplodrassus lilliputanus Levy, 2004 – IsraelHaplodrassus longivulva Bosmans & Hervé, 2018 – Morocco, AlgeriaHaplodrassus lophognathus (Purcell, 1907) – South AfricaHaplodrassus lyndae Abrous & Bosmans, 2018 – Morocco, Algeria, SpainHaplodrassus lyratus (Purcell, 1907) – South AfricaHaplodrassus lyriger (Simon, 1909) – EthiopiaHaplodrassus macellinus (Thorell , 1871) – France, Italy, Portugal ?, Spain ?Haplodrassus maculatus (Banks, 1904) – United States, MexicoHaplodrassus masculus (Tucker, 1923) – Zimbabwe , South AfricaHaplodrassus mayumiae Kamura, 2007 – Korea, JapanHaplodrassus medes Zamani, Chatzaki, Esyunin & Marusik, 2021 – IranHaplodrassus mediterraneus Levy, 2004 – Turkey, Syria , Lebanon , Israel, Jordan Haplodrassus mimus Chamberlin, 1922 – United StatesHaplodrassus minor (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879) – Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe to West Siberia)Haplodrassus miryangensis Seo, 2017 – KoreaHaplodrassus moderatus (Kulczyński , 1897) – Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), ChinaHaplodrassus montanus Paik & Sohn, 1984 – Russia (Far East), KoreaHaplodrassus morosus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Greece, Turkey, IsraelHaplodrassus nabozhenkoi Ponomarev, 2023 – Russia (Caucasus)Haplodrassus nagri Sajid, Zahid, Butt & Shah, 2024 – Pakistan Haplodrassus nigroscriptus (Simon, 1909) – MoroccoHaplodrassus nojimai Kamura, 2007 – Korea, JapanHaplodrassus omissus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Canary Islands, Morocco, Mediterranean Haplodrassus orientalis (L. Koch, 1866) – Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Ukraine, Russia (Europe), Georgia , KazakhstanHaplodrassus ovatus Bosmans & Hervé, 2018 – Algeria, TunisiaHaplodrassus ovtchinnikovi Ponomarev, 2008 – Turkey, Russia (Europe), Iran, KazakhstanHaplodrassus paramecus Zhang, Song & Zhu, 2001 – ChinaHaplodrassus pargongsanensis Paik, 1992 – KoreaHaplodrassus ponomarevi Kovblyuk & Seyyar, 2009 – Greece, TurkeyHaplodrassus pseudosignifer Marusik, Hippa & Koponen, 1996 – Ukraine, Russia (Europe to Central Asia), IranHaplodrassus pugnans (Simon, 1880) – Egypt, Israel, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, China, Korea, JapanHaplodrassus qashqai Zamani, Chatzaki, Esyunin & Marusik, 2021 – Iraq , IranHaplodrassus reginae Schmidt & Krause, 1998 – Cape Verde Islands Haplodrassus rhodanicus (Simon, 1914) – Portugal, Spain, France, Italy (Sardinia), Algeria, Tunisia, IranHaplodrassus rufipes (Lucas, 1846) – Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya , Portugal, Spain, France, ItalyHaplodrassus rufus (Savelyeva, 1972) – KazakhstanHaplodrassus rugosus Tuneva, 2004 – KazakhstanHaplodrassus sataraensis Tikader & Gajbe, 1977 – IndiaHaplodrassus securifer Bosmans & Abrous, 2018 – Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Belgium Haplodrassus sesquidentatus (Purcell, 1908) – South AfricaHaplodrassus signifer (C. L. Koch , 1839) – North America , Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Israel, Iraq, Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia , China, KoreaHaplodrassus silvestris (Blackwall , 1833) – Europe, Turkey, CaucasusHaplodrassus smythiesi (Simon, 1897) – IndiaHaplodrassus soerenseni (Strand , 1900) – Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, China, Turkey ?Haplodrassus solitarius (Purcell, 1907) – Zimbabwe, South AfricaHaplodrassus splendens (Tucker, 1923) – Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Lesotho Haplodrassus stationis (Tucker, 1923) – South AfricaHaplodrassus stuxbergi (L. Koch, 1879) – North America, Russia (Europe to Far East)Haplodrassus taepaikensis Paik, 1992 – Russia (South Siberia, Far East), KoreaHaplodrassus taibo (Chamberlin, 1919) – United StatesHaplodrassus tegulatus (Schenkel, 1963) – Turkey, Russia (South Siberia), ChinaHaplodrassus tehriensis Tikader & Gajbe, 1977 – IndiaHaplodrassus tesselatus (Purcell, 1907) – South AfricaHaplodrassus tortuosus (Tucker, 1923) – South AfricaHaplodrassus triangularis Bosmans, 2018 – Morocco, TunisiaHaplodrassus typhon (Simon, 1878) – Algeria, Tunisia, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy (Sardinia)Haplodrassus umbratilis (L. Koch, 1866) – Europe, Kazakhstan
Haplodrassus vastus (Hu, 1989) – ChinaHaplodrassus yinae Liu, 2022 – China
References
1 2 3 "Genus Haplodrassus" . World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 25 September 2025 .↑ Murphy, J. (2007). Gnaphosid genera of the world . British Arachnological Society, St Neots, Cambridgeshire. p. 9. ↑ Chamberlin, R. V. (1922). "The North American spiders of the family Gnaphosidae". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington . 35 : 145– 172. ↑ "Genus Haplodrassus" . BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-06-04 .
