Haplodrassus orientalis (L. Koch, 1866)
Description
Female
Prosoma pale brownish yellow, with yellowish white hairs, eye region darker. Prosoma length: 2.5 mm. Sternum and legs pale brownish yellow. Opisthosoma grey-yellow.
Body length female: 5.4-7.4 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Kovblyuk et al. 2012b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Kovblyuk et al. 2012b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Ponomarev & Tsvetkov 2006)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Ponomarev & Tsvetkov 2006)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Naumova et al. 2021)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Naumova et al. 2021)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Naumova et al. 2021)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Naumova et al. 2021)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Seyyar et al. 2022a)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Seyyar et al. 2022a)
Pedipalp, dorso-retrolateral view
(Seyyar et al. 2022a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Seyyar et al. 2022a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Seyyar et al. 2022a)
Bulbus, apical view
(Kovblyuk et al. 2012b)
Tip of pedipalp, ventral view
(Esyunin & Tuneva 2020)
Pedipalp
(Bosmans et al. 2018)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Kovblyuk et al. 2012b)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Ponomarev & Tsvetkov 2006)
Epigyne
(L. Koch 1866)
Epigyne
(Bosmans et al. 2018)
Epigyne
(Naumova et al. 2021)
Epigyne
(Seropian et al. 2023b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Kovblyuk et al. 2012b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Bosmans et al. 2018)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Bosmans et al. 2018)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Bosmans et al. 2018)
Vulva, ventral view
(Bosmans et al. 2018)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Naumova et al. 2021)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Seropian et al. 2023b)
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
Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018) 
Bosmans R, Kherbouche-Abrous O, Benhalima S, Hervé C (2018) The genus Haplodrassus Chamberlin, 1922 in the Mediterranean and the Maghreb in particular (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) Zootaxa 4451: 1-67
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
Esyunin S L, Tuneva T K (2020) A review of the family Gnaphosidae in the fauna of the Urals (Aranei), 6. Taxonomic remarks and new records, with description of a new species. Arthropoda Selecta 29: 103-120
Koch L (1866) Die Arachniden-Familie der Drassiden. Nürnberg, Hefte 1-6, pp. 1-304
Kovblyuk M M, Kastrygina Z A, Omelko M M (2012b) A review of the spider genus Haplodrassus Chamberlin, 1922 in Crimea (Ukraine) and adjacent areas (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Zookeys 205: 59-89
Naumova M, Blagoev G, Deltshev D (2021) Fifty spider species new to the Bulgarian fauna, with a review of some dubious species (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 4984: 228-257
Ponomarev A V (2022) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the southeast of the Russian Plain: catalogue, the fauna specific features. SSC RAS Publishers, Rostov-on-Don, 640 pp.
Ponomarev A V, Khnykin A S (2013) Spiders (Aranei) of Volgograd sity and its environs. The South of Russia: Ecology, Development 2013(4): 109-136
Ponomarev A V, Tsvetkov A (2006) New and rare spiders of family Gnaphosidae (Aranei) from a southeast of Europe. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 2: 5-13
Seropian A, Bulbulashvili N, Otto S, Krammer H-J, Kachlishvili N, Datunashvili A (2023b) Picking pearls from the Silk Road: insights into the spider (Arachnida, Araneae) diversity in Georgia from the Caucasus barcode of life project. Part II. Caucasiana 2: 231-297
Seyyar O, Türkeş T, Demir H (2022a) Haplodrassus orientalis (L. Koch, 1866) (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) is a new record for the Turkish spider fauna. Serket 18: 331-334
Van Keer J, Van Keer K, De Koninck H, Ramel G (2010) The arachnofauna (Araneae) of wetland Kerkini (Macedonia-Northern Central Greece). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 62: 141-160
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
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