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Species Drassyllus insularis

Adult female gnaphosid - Drassyllus insularis? - Drassyllus insularis - female

D. insularis female - Drassyllus insularis - female

D. insularis female with egg sac - Drassyllus insularis - female

Western Ground Spider - Drassyllus insularis - female

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

See the World Spider Catalog.

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.

Contributed by John Sloan on 17 January, 2010 - 11:55pm
Additional contributions by cheins, kschnei
Last updated 2 March, 2023 - 5:37pm

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