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Species Haplodrassus signifer

Voucher Image - Haplodrassus signifer - female

H. signifer pair - Haplodrassus signifer - male

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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