Cryptodrassus creticus Chatzaki, 2002
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 mmBody length female: 4.2-4.8 mm
Additional information
Up to 1200 m in Phrygana
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Chatzaki et al. 2002b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Chatzaki et al. 2002b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Murphy 2007)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Murphy 2007)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Çoşkun et al. 2022)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Çoşkun et al. 2022)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Çoşkun et al. 2022)
Pedipalp, ventro-retrolateral view
(Çoşkun et al. 2022)
Chelicera
(Murphy 2007)
Opisthosoma
(Murphy 2007)
Epigyne
(Chatzaki et al. 2002b)
Epigyne
(Murphy 2007)
Vulva
(Chatzaki et al. 2002b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Murphy 2007)
Sternum
(Murphy 2007)
Habitus
(Murphy 2007)
Ocular area
(Murphy 2007)
Spinnerets
(Murphy 2007)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
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 
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
Çoşkun M G, Seyyar O, Demir H (2022) Notes on Cryptodrassus creticus (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Turkey. Turkish Journal of Biodiversity 5: 131-132
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
Murphy J (2007) Gnaphosid genera of the world. British Arachnological Society St Neots, Cambridgeshire, 605 pp.
Seyyar O, Topçu A, Demir H (2006a) New records of ground spiders (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Anatolia. Zoology in the Middle East 38: 118-120
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2