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Species Drassyllus insularis

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Gnaphosidae (Ground Spiders)
Genus Drassyllus
Species insularis (Drassyllus insularis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Explanation of Names
(Banks, 1900)
Size
4-6 mm.
Identification
Epigynum
Range
"British Columbia to Baja California and Sonora (1)". This includes records as far east as western Colorado, eg.
Works Cited
1.A revision of the American spiders of the genus Drassyllus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae).
Platnick and Shadab. 1982. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, vol. 173.