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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Ground Spiders (Gnaphosidae) » Haplodrassus » Haplodrassus signifer

Species Haplodrassus signifer

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Works Cited
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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 Haplodrassus
Species signifer (Haplodrassus signifer)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Size
Males: ~6.5 mm(1)
Females: ~7.2 mm(1)
Identification
Palp

Epigynum
Range
Yukon Territory to Nova Scotia, south to Mexico and Florida; also Greenland, Europe, & Asia.(2)
Season
Mature males and females can be found year round, but are more common in the summer months in the northern parts of their range.
Works Cited
1.A revision of the spider genera Haplodrassus and Orodrassus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in North America
Norman Platnick & Mohammad Shadab. 1975. American Museum Novitates 2583: 1-40.
2.Insects and Arachnids of Canada Part 19: The ground spiders of Canada and Alaska : Araneae: Gnaphosidae
Norman Platnick & Charles Dondale. 1992. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1875: 1-297.
Contributed by Mandy Howe on 22 March, 2014 - 6:16pm
Additional contributions by cheins
Last updated 9 March, 2023 - 10:04am

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