''Drassodes'' is a

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of ground spiders that was first described by

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in 1851. They are brown, gray, and red spiders that live under rocks or bark in mostly dry habitats, and are generally long, but can reach up to in length.

Species

it contains 162 species: *'' D. adisensis''

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, 1906 – Ethiopia *'' D. affinis'' (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile *'' D. afghanus'' Roewer, 1961 – Afghanistan *'' D. albicans'' ( Simon, 1878) – Mediterranean *'' D. andamanensis'' Tikader, 1977 – India (Andaman Is.) *'' D. andorranus'' Denis, 1938 – Andorra *'' D. angulus'' Platnick & Shadab, 1976 – USA *'' D. arapensis'' Strand, 1908 – Peru *'' D. archibensis'' Ponomarev & Alieva, 2008 – Russia (Caucasus) *'' D. assimilatus'' ( Blackwall, 1865) – Canary Is., Cape Verde Is. *'' D. astrologus'' ( O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) – India *'' D. auriculoides'' Barrows, 1919 – USA *'' D. auritus'' Schenkel, 1963 – Russia (Europe), Kazakhstan, China *'' D. bechuanicus'' Tucker, 1923 – South Africa *'' D. bendamiranus'' Roewer, 1961 – Afghanistan *'' D. bicurvatus'' Roewer, 1961 – Afghanistan *'' D. bifidus'' Kovblyuk & Seyyar, 2009 – Turkey *'' D. brachythelis'' ( Thorell, 1890) – Indonesia (Sumatra) *'' D. braendegaardi'' Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya *'' D. caffrerianus''

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, 1907 – South Africa *'' D. calceatus'' Purcell, 1907 – South Africa *'' D. cambridgei'' Roewer, 1951 – India *'' D. canaglensis'' Caporiacco, 1927 – Italy *'' D. carinivulvus'' Caporiacco, 1934 – India *'' D. caspius'' Ponomarev & Tsvetkov, 2006 – Turkey, Russia (Europe, Caucasus), Kazakhstan *'' D. cerinus'' Simon, 1897 – India *'' D. charcoviae'' (Thorell, 1875) – Ukraine *'' D. charitonovi'' Tuneva, 2004 – Kazakhstan *'' D. chybyndensis'' Esyunin & Tuneva, 2002 – Russia (Europe to Central Asia), Kazakhstan, Iran *'' D. clavifemur'' (Reimoser, 1935) – India (Karakorum, Kashmir) *'' D. crassipalpus'' (Roewer, 1961) – Afghanistan *'' D. cupa'' Tuneva, 2004 – Kazakhstan *'' D. cupreus'' (Blackwall, 1834) – Europe, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Russia (Europe to Far East) *'' D. dagestanus'' Ponomarev & Alieva, 2008 – Russia (Caucasus) *'' D. daliensis'' Yang & Song, 2003 – China *'' D. delicatus'' (Blackwall, 1867) – India *'' D. deoprayagensis'' Tikader & Gajbe, 1975 – India *'' D. depilosus'' Dönitz & Strand, 1906 – Japan *'' D. deserticola'' Simon, 1893 – Algeria, Libya *'' D. difficilis'' (Simon, 1878) – Spain, France, Italy, Turkey? *'' D. dispulsoides'' Schenkel, 1963 – China *'' D. distinctus'' (Lucas, 1846) – Algeria *'' D. dregei'' Purcell, 1907 – South Africa *'' D. drydeni'' Petrunkevitch, 1914 – Myanmar *'' D. ellenae'' (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) – Philippines *'' D. ereptor'' Purcell, 1907 – South Africa *'' D. falciger'' Jézéquel, 1965 – Ivory Coast *'' D. fedtschenkoi'' (Kroneberg, 1875) – Uzbekistan *'' D. fugax'' (Simon, 1878) – Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Central Asia, China *'' D. gangeticus'' Tikader & Gajbe, 1975 – India *'' D. gia'' Melic & Barrientos, 2017 – Spain *'' D. gilvus'' Tullgren, 1910 – Tanzania *'' D. gooldi'' Purcell, 1907 – South Africa *'' D. gosiutus''

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, 1919 – USA, Canada *'' D. gujaratensis'' Patel & Patel, 1975 – India *'' D. hamiger'' (Thorell, 1877) – Indonesia (Sulawesi) *'' D. hebei'' Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004 – China *'' D. helenae'' Purcell, 1907 – South Africa *'' D. heterophthalmus'' Simon, 1905 – India *'' D. himalayensis'' Tikader & Gajbe, 1975 – India *'' D. ignobilis'' Petrunkevitch, 1914 – Myanmar *'' D. imbecillus'' ( L. Koch, 1875) – Ethiopia *'' D. inermis'' (Simon, 1878) – Spain (Menorca), France *'' D. infletus'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) – China (Yarkand), Russia (South Siberia), Mongolia *'' D. insidiator'' Thorell, 1897 – Myanmar *'' D. insignis'' (Blackwall, 1862) – Brazil *'' D. interemptor'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) – China (Yarkand) *'' D. interlisus'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) – China (Yarkand) *'' D. interpolator'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) – Tajikistan, China (Yarkand) *'' D. involutus'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) – China (Yarkand) *'' D. jakkabagensis'' Charitonov, 1946 – Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan *'' D. jiufeng'' Tang, Song & Zhang, 2001 – China *'' D. kaszabi'' Loksa, 1965 – Russia (South Siberia), Mongolia *'' D. katunensis'' Marusik, Hippa & Koponen, 1996 – Russia (South Siberia) *'' D. kibonotensis'' Tullgren, 1910 – Tanzania *'' D. krausi'' (Roewer, 1961) – Afghanistan *'' D. kwantungensis'' Saito, 1937 – China *'' D. lacertosus'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Greece, Turkey, Israel, Syria *'' D. lapidosus'' (Walckenaer, 1802) (

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) – Europe, Turkey, Israel, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan **'' Drassodes l. bidens'' (Simon, 1878) – France *'' D. lapsus'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) – China (Yarkand) *'' D. licenti'' Schenkel, 1953 – Mongolia *'' D. lindbergi'' Roewer, 1961 – Afghanistan *'' D. lividus'' Denis, 1958 – Afghanistan *'' D. longispinus'' Marusik & Logunov, 1995 – Russia (South Siberia, Far East), China, Korea *'' D. lophognathus'' Purcell, 1907 – South Africa *'' D. luridus'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) – India *'' D. luteomicans'' (Simon, 1878) – Southern Europe *'' D. lutescens'' ( C. L. Koch, 1839) – Mediterranean, Ukraine, Caucasus, Russia (Europe) to Central Asia, Pakistan *'' D. lyratus'' Purcell, 1907 – South Africa *'' D. lyriger'' Simon, 1909 – Ethiopia *'' D. macilentus'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) – India *'' D. malagassicus'' (

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, 1880) – Madagascar *'' D. mandibularis'' (L. Koch, 1866) – Russia (Europe) *'' D. manducator'' (Thorell, 1897) – Myanmar *'' D. masculus'' Tucker, 1923 – South Africa *'' D. mauritanicus'' Denis, 1945 – North Africa *'' D. meghalayaensis'' Tikader & Gajbe, 1977 – India *'' D. mirus'' Platnick & Shadab, 1976 – Russia (Far East), North America *'' D. montenegrinus'' ( Kulczyński, 1897) – Croatia, Serbia *'' D. monticola'' (Kroneberg, 1875) – Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan *'' D. nagqu'' Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004 – China *'' D. narayanpurensis'' Gajbe, 2005 – India *'' D. natali'' Esyunin & Tuneva, 2002 – Russia (Europe), Kazakhstan *'' D. neglectus'' ( Keyserling, 1887) – Russia (Middle to East Siberia, Far East), North America *'' D. nox'' Dönitz & Strand, 1906 – Japan *'' D. nugatorius'' ( Karsch, 1881) – Libya, Arabia *'' D. obscurus'' (Lucas, 1846) – Algeria *'' D. parauritus'' Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004 – China *'' D. paroculus'' Simon, 1893 – Spain *'' D. parvidens'' Caporiacco, 1934 – India, Pakistan *'' D. pashanensis'' Tikader & Gajbe, 1977 – India *'' D. pectinifer'' Schenkel, 1936 – China *'' D. phagduaensis'' Tikader, 1964 – Nepal *'' D. placidulus'' Simon, 1914 – France *'' D. platnicki'' Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004 – Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Mongolia, China *'' D. prosthesimiformis'' Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia *'' D. pseudolesserti'' Loksa, 1965 – Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China *'' D. pubescens'' (Thorell, 1856) – Europe, Turkey, Israel, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, Central Asia, China, Japan *'' D. robatus'' Roewer, 1961 – Afghanistan *'' D. rostratus'' Esyunin & Tuneva, 2002 – Russia (Europe), Kazakhstan *'' D. rubicundulus'' Caporiacco, 1934 – India, Pakistan *'' D. rubidus'' (Simon, 1878) – Portugal, Spain, France, Italy (Sardinia) *'' D. rugichelis'' Denis, 1962 – Madeira *'' D. russulus'' (Thorell, 1890) – Indonesia (Java) *'' D. saccatus'' ( Emerton, 1890) – North America *'' D. saganus'' Strand, 1918 – Japan *'' D. sagarensis'' Tikader, 1982 – India *'' D. saitoi'' Schenkel, 1963 – China *'' D. serratichelis'' (Roewer, 1928) – Spain (Majorca), Greece, Turkey, Ukraine, Israel. Introduced to USA *'' D. serratidens'' Schenkel, 1963 – Russia (South Siberia to Far East), China, Korea, Japan *'' D. sesquidentatus'' Purcell, 1908 – South Africa *'' D. shawanensis'' Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004 – China *'' D. similis'' Nosek, 1905 – Turkey *'' D. simplex'' Kulczyński, 1926 – Russia (Kamchatka) *'' D. simplicivulvus'' Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia *'' D. singulariformis'' Roewer, 1951 – India *'' D. sirmourensis'' (Tikader & Gajbe, 1977) – India, China *'' D. sitae'' Tikader & Gajbe, 1975 – India *'' D. sockniensis'' (Karsch, 1881) – Libya *'' D. solitarius'' Purcell, 1907 – South Africa *'' D. soussensis'' Denis, 1956 – Morocco *'' D. splendens'' Tucker, 1923 – South Africa *'' D. stationis'' Tucker, 1923 – South Africa *'' D. sternatus'' Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia *'' D. striatus'' (L. Koch, 1866) – Hungary, Balkans, Romania, Ukraine *'' D. subviduatus'' Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia *'' D. taehadongensis'' Paik, 1995 – Korea *'' D. tarrhunensis'' (Karsch, 1881) – Libya *'' D. termezius'' Roewer, 1961 – Afghanistan *'' D. tesselatus'' Purcell, 1907 – South Africa *'' D. thaleri'' Hervé, 2009 – France *'' D. thimei'' (L. Koch, 1878) – Turkmenistan *'' D. tikaderi'' (Gajbe, 1987) – India *'' D. tiritschensis'' Miller & Buchar, 1972 – Afghanistan *'' D. tortuosus'' Tucker, 1923 – South Africa *'' D. unicolor'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Greece (Crete), Libya, Egypt, Lebanon, Israel *'' D. uritai'' Tang, Oldemtu, Zhao & Song, 1999 – China *'' D. venustus'' (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile *'' D. villosus'' (Thorell, 1856) – Europe, Turkey, Central Asia, Russia (Europe to Far East) *'' D. viveki'' (Gajbe, 1992) – India *'' D. vorax'' Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia

References

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