Species Drassyllus lepidus

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Works Cited

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 lepidus (Drassyllus lepidus)

Other Common Names

See the World Spider Catalog.

Explanation of Names

(Banks, 1899)

Size

Male: 3-3.5mm

Female: 3.5-4mm(1)

Range

United States: southern states from SC west to UT. Mexico: Chihuahua, south to Mexico City.(1)

Habitat

"Specimens have been taken from crimson clover, alfalfa, cotton and corn and from beneath leaf litter and debris in pine forests and open fields."(1)

Season

"Males have been collected from June to August and females, from June to September."(1)

Works Cited

1.	The Gnaphosidae of Arkansas Heiss, J. S. & Allen, R. T. 1986. The Gnaphosidae of Arkansas. Bulletin, Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Arkansas 885: 1-67.

Contributed by Laura P. on 23 January, 2017 - 4:55pm

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