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Gnaphosidae  Banks, 1892 / Cryptodrassus  Miller, 1943   4 species

Cryptodrassus creticus Chatzaki, 2002

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038047

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Description

Tibial apophysis with broad base and bipartite end. Conductor robust, with sclerotised claw on base. Embolus long and thread-like. Epigyne with small bell-shaped median cap anteriorly, atrium U-shaped. Vulva with two-chambered receptaculum (ventral: oval, dorsal: round). Prosoma yellow. Femur with 3 dorsal spines. Tarsus I-II with scopula and III-IV with dense stripe of small thorns. Claw of tarsus IV elongated. Opisthosoma yellow.

Body length male: 3.1 mm
Body length female: 4.2-4.8 mm
Additional information

Up to 1200 m in Phrygana

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Greece (Crete), Turkey
Figures
species

male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Chatzaki et al. 2002b)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Chatzaki et al. 2002b)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Murphy 2007)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Murphy 2007)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Çoşkun et al. 2022)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Çoşkun et al. 2022)

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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Çoşkun et al. 2022)

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male Pedipalp, ventro-retrolateral view
(Çoşkun et al. 2022)

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male Chelicera
(Murphy 2007)

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male Opisthosoma
(Murphy 2007)

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female Epigyne
(Chatzaki et al. 2002b)

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female Epigyne
(Murphy 2007)

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female Vulva
(Chatzaki et al. 2002b)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Murphy 2007)

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female Sternum
(Murphy 2007)

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female Habitus
(Murphy 2007)

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Ocular area
(Murphy 2007)

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Spinnerets
(Murphy 2007)

Distribution List
Greece / Crete   (Bosmans et al., 2013) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Çoşkun et al., 2022; Seyyar et al., 2006a; Danışman et al., 2025a) |||
References

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147 pdf

Chatzaki M, Thaler K, Mylonas M (2002b) Ground spiders (Gnaphosidae, Araneae) of Crete and adjacent areas of Greece. Taxonomy and distribution. II. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 109: 603-633 pdf

Çoşkun M G, Seyyar O, Demir H (2022) Notes on Cryptodrassus creticus (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Turkey. Turkish Journal of Biodiversity 5: 131-132 pdf

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info pdf

Murphy J (2007) Gnaphosid genera of the world. British Arachnological Society St Neots, Cambridgeshire, 605 pp. pdf

Seyyar O, Topçu A, Demir H (2006a) New records of ground spiders (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Anatolia. Zoology in the Middle East 38: 118-120 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
18-11-2022 Distribution update Detail
22-10-2022 Image insert
21-10-2022 Distribution update Detail
04-07-2017 Distribution update Detail