Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Numbers
There are 91 species worldwide with 46 species in BugGuide's area.
(1)Identification
Drassyllus (& Camillina) eye arrangement (in Zelotes the PMEs point the opposite direction)
Distal-ventral preening comb on Leg IV
Range
Exact distribution will be added when time permits.
Drassyllus - (If no range is listed, assume that the species is only found in the USA)
- adocetus
- alachua
- antonito
- aprilinus
- arizonensis
- barbus
- broussardi
- cerrus
- conformans
- covensis
- creolus
- depressus - USA & Canada
- dixinus
- dromeus - USA & Canada
- ellipes -southeastern U.S.
- eremitus - USA & Canada
- eremophilus - USA & Canada
- eurus
- fallens - USA & Canada
- fractus
- frigidus
- gynosaphes
- huachuca
- inanus
- insularis - North America
- lamprus - North America
- lepidus - USA, Mexico
- louisianus - USA
- mexicanus - USA, Mexico
- mormon - USA, Mexico
- mumai - USA, Mexico
- nannellus - USA, Canada
- niger - USA, Canada
- notonus - USA, Mexico
- novus - USA, Canada
- ojus - USA, Mexico
- orgilus - USA, Mexico
- orlando - USA
- proclesis
- prosaphes - USA, Mexico
- rufulus - USA, Canada
- salton
- saphes - North America
- seminolus
- sinton - USA, Mexico
- socius - USA, Mexico
- texamans - USA, Mexico
Print References
Platnick, N.I. and M.U. Shadab. 1982. A revision of the American spiders of the genus Drassyllus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 173: 1–97.
Platnick, N.I. 1984. On the Gnaphosidae (Arachnida, Araneaea) of the California Channel Islands. Journal of Arachnology, 11(3): 453–455.
Platnick, N.I. and D.T. Corey. 1989. On a new spider of the genus Drassyllus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) from Florida. Journal of Arachnology, 17(1): 114–115.
Platnick, N.I. and C.D. Dondale. 1992. The Ground Spiders of Canada and Alaska (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). The Insects and Arachnids of Canada. Part 19. Agriculture Canada, Ottawa. Publication 1875. 297 pages.
Paquin, P. and N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d’identification des Araignées (Araneae) du Québec. Fabreries, Supplément 11. 251 pages.
Platnick, N.I. and N. Horner. 2007. A new species of Drassyllus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) from west Texas. Journal of Arachnology, 35(1): 197–198.
