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Checklist for Family Gnaphosidae Pocock, 1898 (Flat-bellied ground spiders)
and region East Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
366
2225
7884
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
317
1901
6795
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
87
1118
4872
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
81
1099
4802
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
65
1020
4548
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
64
1015
4538
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Gnaphosoidea
Simon, 1893
6
68
299
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyGnaphosidae
Pocock, 1898
Flat-bellied ground spiders, Ground spiders
59
266
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for East Africa
59 Genera with 266 Species
#ABCDEGHIKLMNOPSTUXZ
Amusia Tullgren, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Anagraphis Simon, 19472SpeciesTaxom
Anagrina Berland, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Aneplasa Tucker, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Aphantaulax Simon, 19205SpeciesTaxom
Asemesthes Simon, 19234SpeciesTaxom
Austrodomus Lawrence, 19472SpeciesTaxom
Berinda Roewer, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Berlandina Dalmas, 19473SpeciesTaxom
Callilepis Westring, 1874
0SpeciesTaxom
Camillina Berland, 19878SpeciesTaxom
Diaphractus Purcell, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Drassodes Westring, 190619SpeciesTaxom
Drassyllus Chamberlin, 19223SpeciesTaxom
Echemella Strand, 20075SpeciesTaxom
Echemus Simon, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Eilica Keyserling, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Eleleis Simon, 20201SpeciesTaxom
Gnaphosa Latreille, 18964SpeciesTaxom
Haplodrassus Chamberlin, 19238SpeciesTaxom
Herpyllus Hentz, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Heser Tuneva, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Hypodrassodes Dalmas, 19242SpeciesTaxom
Ibala Fitzpatrick, 200911SpeciesTaxom
Katumbea Cooke, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Kikongo Rodrigues & ..., 20201SpeciesTaxom
Leptodrassex Murphy, 20221SpeciesTaxom
Leptodrassus Simon, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Leptopilos Levy, 20222SpeciesTaxom
Marinarozelotes Ponomarev, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Megamyrmaekion Reuss, 19232SpeciesTaxom
Micaria Westring, 202112SpeciesTaxom
Microdrassus Dalmas, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Minosia Dalmas, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Minosiella Dalmas, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Nomisia Dalmas, 19238SpeciesTaxom
Odontodrassus Jézéquel, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Plutonodomus Cooke, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Poecilochroa Westring, 18836SpeciesTaxom
Prodida Dalmas, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Prodidomus Hentz, 196413SpeciesTaxom
Pterotricha Kulczynski, 19216SpeciesTaxom
Scotophaeus Simon, 194010SpeciesTaxom
Setaphis Simon, 19554SpeciesTaxom
Smionia Dalmas, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Synaphosus Platnick & S..., 19941SpeciesTaxom
Theridium Leach, 18782SpeciesTaxom
Theuma Simon, 19076SpeciesTaxom
Theumella Strand, 19062SpeciesTaxom
Titus O. P.-Cambridge, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Trachyzelotes Lohmander, 18752SpeciesTaxom
Trephopoda Tucker, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Trichothyse Tucker, 18742SpeciesTaxom
Urozelotes Mello-Leitao, 18722SpeciesTaxom
Xerophaeus Purcell, 192315SpeciesTaxom
Zelotes Gistel, 190755SpeciesTaxom
Zelotibia Russell-Smit..., 200915SpeciesTaxom
Zelowan Murphy & Rus..., 20101SpeciesTaxom
Zimiris Simon, 18821SpeciesTaxom


Species list for East Africa
266 Species and 1 Subspecies
Amusia murina Tullgren, 1910
Anagraphis incerta Ludovico di ..., 1941
Anagraphis minima Ludovico di ..., 1947
Anagrina alticola Lucien Berland, 1920
Aneplasa strandi Ludovico di ..., 1947
Aphantaulax albini Jean Victor ..., 1826
Aphantaulax flavida Ludovico di ..., 1940
Aphantaulax inornata Richard Will..., 1923Sand dollars
Aphantaulax signicollis Richard Will..., 1923Sand dollars
Aphantaulax voiensis Lucien Berland, 1920
Asemesthes lineatus William Fred..., 1908
Asemesthes paynteri Richard Will..., 1923Sand dollars
Asemesthes septentrionalis Ludovico di ..., 1940
Asemesthes windhukensis Richard Will..., 1923Sand dollars
Austrodomus oxoniensis Cooke, 1964
Austrodomus zuluensis George Newbo..., 1947
Berinda infumata O. Pickard-C..., 1872
Berlandina kolosvaryi Ludovico di ..., 1947
Berlandina meruana Raymond Comt..., 1921
Berlandina obscurata Ludovico di ..., 1947
Camillina aldabrae Embrik Strand, 1907
Camillina cordifera Tullgren, 1910
Camillina fiana Norman I. Pl..., 1987
Camillina kaibos Norman I. Pl..., 1987
Camillina maun Norman I. Pl..., 1987
Camillina pavesii Eugène Simon, 1897
Camillina taruma Norman I. Pl..., 1990
Camillina tsima Norman I. Pl..., 1987
Diaphractus assimilis Tullgren, 1910
Drassodes adisensis Embrik Strand, 1906
Drassodes braendegaardi Ludovico di ..., 1949
Drassodes carinatus (Embrik Strand, 1906)⇒ Haplodrassus dalmatensis L. Koch, 1866
Drassodes cupreus Blackwall, 1834
Drassodes gilvus Tullgren, 1910
Drassodes imbecillus Carl Ludwig ..., 1875
Drassodes kibonotensis Tullgren, 1910
Drassodes lyriger Eugène Simon, 1909
Drassodes malagassicus Butler, 1879Spotted flounder
Drassodes masculus Richard Will..., 1923Sand dollars
Drassodes neglectus Keyserling, 1887
Drassodes prosthesimiformis Embrik Strand, 1906
Drassodes simplicivulvus Ludovico di ..., 1940
Drassodes solitarius William Fred..., 1907
Drassodes splendens Richard Will..., 1923Sand dollars
Drassodes stationis Richard Will..., 1923Sand dollars
Drassodes sternatus Embrik Strand, 1906
Drassodes subviduatus Embrik Strand, 1906
Drassodes vorax Embrik Strand, 1906
Drassyllus depressus Emerton, 1890
Drassyllus lutetianus L. Koch, 1866
Drassyllus orgilus (Chamberlin, 1922)⇒ Drassyllus dromeus Chamberlin, 1922
Echemella pavesii Eugène Simon, 1909
Echemella quinquedentata Strand, 1906
Echemella sinuosa John Murphy ..., 2007
Echemella strandi Ludovico di ..., 1940Burrow worms
Echemella tenuis John Murphy ..., 2007
Echemus erutus Richard Will..., 1923Sand dollars
Eilica giga Fitzpatrick, 1994
Eleleis limpopo Rodrigues & ..., 2020
Gnaphosa microps (Holm, 1939)⇒ Gnaphosa sticta KulczyÅ„ski, 1908
Gnaphosa muscorum (Carl Ludwig ..., 1866)⇒ Gnaphosa similis KulczyÅ„ski, 1926
Gnaphosa orites (Ralph Vary C..., 1922)⇒ Gnaphosa borea KulczyÅ„ski, 1908
Gnaphosa parvula Nathan Banks, 1896
Haplodrassus dalmatensis L. Koch, 1866Heath Grasper
Haplodrassus gilvus Tullgren, 1910
Haplodrassus hiemalis Emerton, 1909
Haplodrassus kibonotensis Tullgren, 1910
Haplodrassus lyriger Simon, 1909
Haplodrassus masculus Tucker, 1923
Haplodrassus solitarius Purcell, 1907
Haplodrassus splendens Tucker, 1923
Herpyllus schwarzi Banks, 1901
Heser infumatus Octavius Pic..., 1872
Hypodrassodes canacus Berland, 1924
Hypodrassodes ignambensis Berland, 1924
Ibala arcus Tucker, 1923
Ibala bilinearis Tucker, 1923
Ibala bulawayensis Tucker, 1923
Ibala declani Fitzpatrick, 2009
Ibala gonono Fitzpatrick, 2009
Ibala isikela Fitzpatrick, 2009
Ibala kevini Fitzpatrick, 2009
Ibala kylae Fitzpatrick, 2009
Ibala mabalauta Fitzpatrick, 2009
Ibala minshullae Fitzpatrick, 2009
Ibala robinsoni Fitzpatrick, 2009
Katumbea oxoniensis Mordecai Cub..., 1964Sea cucumbers
Kikongo rutshuru Rodrigues & ..., 2020
Leptodrassex murphyi Haddad & Boo..., 2022
Leptodrassus strandi Ludovico di ..., 1947
Leptopilos butleri Haddad & Boo..., 2022
Leptopilos vasivulva Haddad & Boo..., 2022
Marinarozelotes ravidus L. Koch, 1875
Megamyrmaekion nairobii Lucien Berland, 1920
Megamyrmaekion transvaalense Richard Will..., 1923Sand dollars
Micaria aenea (Tord Tamerla..., 1871)⇒ Micaria formicaria Sundevall, 1831
Micaria beaufortia Richard Will..., 1923
Micaria chrysis Eugène Simon, 1910
Micaria durbana Booysen & Ha..., 2021
Micaria felix Booysen & Ha..., 2021
Micaria formicaria Sundevall, 1831
Micaria fulgens Walckenaer, 1802
Micaria gagnoa Booysen & Ha..., 2021
Micaria guttulata Carl Ludwig ..., 1839
Micaria plana Booysen & Ha..., 2021
Micaria quadrata Booysen & Ha..., 2021
Micaria rivonosy Booysen & Ha..., 2021
Microdrassus inaudax Eugène Simon, 1898
Minosia assimilis Ludovico di ..., 1941
Minosiella pallida Carl Ludwig ..., 1875
Nomisia chordivulvata Embrik Strand, 1906
Nomisia poecilipes Ludovico di ..., 1939
Nomisia punctata Kulczynski, 1901
Nomisia satulla Eugène Simon, 1909
Nomisia scioana Pavesi, 1883
Nomisia simplex Kulczynski, 1901
Nomisia tubula Richard Will..., 1923
Nomisia varia Richard Will..., 1923
Odontodrassus aphanes Tord Tamerla..., 1897
Plutonodomus kungwensis Mordecai Cub..., 1964Sea cucumbers
Poecilochroa carinata Ludovico di ..., 1947
Poecilochroa malagassa Embrik Strand, 1907Carpenter bees
Poecilochroa pauciaculeis Ludovico di ..., 1947
Poecilochroa pugnax O. P.-Cambridge, 1874
Poecilochroa senilis O. P.-Cambridge, 1872
Poecilochroa viduata Pavesi, 1883
Prodida stella Michael Saar..., 2002
Prodidomus dalmasi Lucien Berland, 1919
Prodidomus djiboutensis Dalmas, 1919
Prodidomus djibutensis R. de Dalmas, 1919Sand dollar
Prodidomus granulosus Mordecai Cub..., 1964Sea cucumbers
Prodidomus lampeli Mordecai Cub..., 1964Sea cucumbers
Prodidomus latebricola Mordecai Cub..., 1964Sea cucumbers
Prodidomus madagascariensis ♰ J. Wunderlich, 2011
Prodidomus maximus Lessert, 1936
Prodidomus revocatus Mordecai Cub..., 1964Sea cucumbers
Prodidomus robustus R. de Dalmas, 1919Sand dollar
Prodidomus rodolphianus R. de Dalmas, 1919Sand dollar
Prodidomus stella Saaristo, 2002
Prodidomus watongwensis Mordecai Cub..., 1964Sea cucumbers
Pterotricha aethiopica Carl Ludwig ..., 1875
Pterotricha auris Richard Will..., 1923
Pterotricha djibutensis Raymond Comt..., 1921
Pterotricha quagga Pavesi, 1884
Pterotricha schaefferi Jean Victor ..., 1826
Pterotricha somaliensis Raymond Comt..., 1921
Scotophaeus affinis Ludovico di ..., 1949
Scotophaeus meruensis Tullgren, 1910
Scotophaeus natalensis George Newbo..., 1938
Scotophaeus nossibeensis Embrik Strand, 1907Carpenter bees
Scotophaeus nyrensis Eugène Simon, 1909
Scotophaeus parvioculis Embrik Strand, 1906
Scotophaeus regularis Tullgren, 1910
Scotophaeus relegatus William Fred..., 1907
Scotophaeus schenkeli Ludovico di ..., 1949
Scotophaeus strandi Ludovico di ..., 1940
Setaphis bilinearis (Richard Will..., 1923)⇒ Ibala bilinearis Tucker, 1923
Setaphis bulawayensis (Richard Will..., 1923)⇒ Ibala bulawayensis Tucker, 1923
Setaphis subtilis Eugène Simon, 1897
Setaphis villiersi J. Denis, 1955
Smionia lineatipes William Fred..., 1908
Synaphosus kakamega Ovtsharenko,..., 1994
Theridium simplex Koch & Berendt, 1854
Theridium zickzack (Karsch, 1878)⇒ Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841
Theuma ababensis R. W. E. Tucker, 1923Sand dollars
Theuma foveolata R. W. E. Tucker, 1923Sand dollars
Theuma fusca William Fred..., 1907
Theuma maculata William Fred..., 1907
Theuma microphthalma George Newbo..., 1928
Theuma parva William Fred..., 1907
Theumella penicillata Embrik Strand, 1906
Theumella typica Embrik Strand, 1906
Titus lugens Octavius Pic..., 1901
Trachyzelotes pedestris C. L. Koch, 1837
Trachyzelotes ravidus L. Koch, 1875
Trephopoda biamenta Richard Will..., 1923
Trichothyse africana Tucker, 1923
Trichothyse pugnax O. Pickard-C..., 1874
Urozelotes kabenge Fitzpatrick, 2005
Urozelotes rusticus L. Koch, 1872Spider
Xerophaeus appendiculatus William Fred..., 1907
Xerophaeus aridus (William Fred..., 1907)⇒ Xerophaeus perversus William Fred..., 1923
Xerophaeus aurariarum William Fred..., 1907
Xerophaeus bicavus Richard Will..., 1923Sand dollars
Xerophaeus biplagiatus Tullgren, 1910
Xerophaeus coruscus Carl Ludwig ..., 1875
Xerophaeus coruscus kibonotensis Tullgren, 1910
Xerophaeus druryi Richard Will..., 1923Sand dollars
Xerophaeus espoir Norman I. Pl..., 1981Demon cat sharks
Xerophaeus oceanicus Karl Patters..., 1983Brown cat shark
Xerophaeus patricki William Fred..., 1907
Xerophaeus perversus William Fred..., 1923
Xerophaeus ruandanus Embrik Strand, 1913
Xerophaeus thomasi Ludovico di ..., 1949
Xerophaeus vickermani Richard Will..., 1923Sand dollars
Zelotes andreinii Reimoser, 1937
Zelotes aridus William Fred..., 1907
Zelotes bastardi Eugène Simon, 1896
Zelotes brennanorum Fitzpatrick, 2007
Zelotes chinguli Fitzpatrick, 2007
Zelotes cordiger Carl Ludwig ..., 1875
Zelotes corrugatus William Fred..., 1907
Zelotes doddieburni Fitzpatrick, 2007
Zelotes frenchi Richard Will..., 1923Sand dollars
Zelotes fuligineus William Fred..., 1907
Zelotes guineanus Eugène Simon, 1907
Zelotes hanangensis Fitzpatrick, 2007
Zelotes haplodrassoides J. Denis, 1955
Zelotes haroni Fitzpatrick, 2007
Zelotes hermani Chyzer, 1897Broadfin sawtail catshark
Zelotes humilis William Fred..., 1907
Zelotes ibayensis Fitzpatrick, 2007
Zelotes jocquei Fitzpatrick, 2007
Zelotes katombora Fitzpatrick, 2007
Zelotes kulempikus Fitzpatrick, 2007
Zelotes kumazomba Fitzpatrick, 2007
Zelotes lavus Richard Will..., 1923Sand dollars
Zelotes lichenyensis Fitzpatrick, 2007
Zelotes lutorius Tullgren, 1910
Zelotes madagascaricus Strand, 1907
Zelotes mashonus Fitzpatrick, 2007
Zelotes matobensis Fitzpatrick, 2007
Zelotes mazumbai Fitzpatrick, 2007
Zelotes mediocris (KulczyÅ„ski, 1901)⇒ Zelotes pyrenaeus Di Franco & ..., 2003
Zelotes mkomazi Fitzpatrick, 2007
Zelotes montanus (Purcell, 1907)⇒ Zelotes fuligineus William Fred..., 1907
Zelotes mosioatunya Fitzpatrick, 2007
Zelotes mulanjensis Fitzpatrick, 2007
Zelotes murphyorum Fitzpatrick, 2007
Zelotes musapi Fitzpatrick, 2007
Zelotes natalensis Richard Will..., 1923Sand dollars
Zelotes nyathii Fitzpatrick, 2007
Zelotes petrensis Carl Ludwig ..., 1839
Zelotes puritanus Chamberlin, 1922
Zelotes pyrenaeus Di Franco & ..., 2003Dwarf sawtail catshark
Zelotes radiatus George Newbo..., 1928
Zelotes rothschildi Eugène Simon, 1909
Zelotes rufipes (Tord Tamerla..., 1875)⇒ Zelotes tuckeri Carl Friedri..., 1951
Zelotes rugege Fitzpatrick, 2007
Zelotes rungwensis Fitzpatrick, 2007
Zelotes siyabonga Fitzpatrick, 2007
Zelotes somaliensis Fitzpatrick, 2007
Zelotes subterraneus (C. L. Koch, 1833)⇒ Zelotes fratris Chamberlin, 1920
Zelotes sula Lowrie & Ger..., 1955
Zelotes tendererus Fitzpatrick, 2007
Zelotes tetramamillatus Ludovico di ..., 1947
Zelotes tragicus (Octavius Pic..., 1872)⇒ Zelotes hermani Chyzer, 1897
Zelotes tuckeri Carl Friedri..., 1951San Diego bird's-foot trefoil
Zelotes vespertilionis (Tucker, 1923)⇒ Zelotes bastardi Eugène Simon, 1896
Zelotes zonognathus William Fred..., 1907
Zelotibia angelica Nzigidahera ..., 2009White-saddled cat shark
Zelotibia bicornuta Russell-Smit..., 2005
Zelotibia curvifemur Nzigidahera ..., 2009White-saddled cat shark
Zelotibia filiformis Russell-Smit..., 2005
Zelotibia flexuosa Russell-Smit..., 2005
Zelotibia fosseyae Nzigidahera ..., 2009White-saddled cat shark
Zelotibia kaibos Russell-Smit..., 2005
Zelotibia kanama Nzigidahera ..., 2009White-saddled cat shark
Zelotibia kibira Nzigidahera ..., 2009White-saddled cat shark
Zelotibia major Russell-Smit..., 2005
Zelotibia papillata Russell-Smit..., 2005
Zelotibia paucipapillata Russell-Smit..., 2005
Zelotibia similis (Russell-Smit..., 2005)⇒ Zelotibia paucipapillata Russell-Smit..., 2005
Zelotibia simpula Russell-Smit..., 2005
Zelotibia subsessa Nzigidahera ..., 2009White-saddled cat shark
Zelowan nodivulva Murphy & Rus..., 2010
Zimiris doriae Simon, 1882

Subnodes of Gnaphosidae with occurrences in East Africa
SubfamilyDrassodinae
2
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEcheminae
3
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGnaphosinae
Pocock, 1898
3
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaroninae
3
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMicariinae
18
117
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Gnaphosidae at artfakta.se
Gnaphosidae at biodiversity.org.au
Gnaphosidae at dyntaxa.se
Gnaphosidae at gbif.org
Gnaphosidae at irmng.org
Gnaphosidae at itis.gov
Gnaphosidae at marinespecies.org