Gnaphosa mongolica Simon, 1895
Description
Male
Embolus long. Bulbus with apically narrow, curved median apophysis.
Female
Epigyne with diamond shaped scapus.
Additional information
Under stones in the steppe
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Ovtsharenko et al. 1992)
Pedipalp
(Ovtsharenko et al. 1992)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Szita et al. 2006)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Szita et al. 2006)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Grbić et al. 2021)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Grbić et al. 2021)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Grbić et al. 2021)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Šestáková et al. 2022)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Šestáková et al. 2022)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Šestáková et al. 2022)
Epigyne
(Ovtsharenko et al. 1992)
Epigyne
(Szita et al. 2006)
Epigyne
(Grbić et al. 2021)
Epigyne
(Šestáková et al. 2022)
Vulva
(Ovtsharenko et al. 1992)
Vulva
(Szita et al. 2006)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Grbić et al. 2021)
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
Alekseenko Y G (2019) [Zoogeographical analysis of araneophauna of steppous plots of the Ulyanovsk region with data on area expansing of several species]. Izvestiya of Saratov University (N. S.) Chemistry Biology Ecology 19: 223-229 
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
Grbić G, Hänggi A, Krnjajić S (2021) Spiders (Araneae) of Subotica Sandland (Serbia): additional arguments in environmental protection. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 67: 15-61
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Ovtsharenko V I, Platnick N I, Song D X (1992) A review of the North Asian ground spiders of the genus Gnaphosa (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 212: 1-88
Polchaninova N, Prokopenko E (2019) An updated checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Left-Bank Ukraine. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 60-64 & App
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.
Samu F, Szinetár C (1999) Bibliographic check list of the Hungarian spider fauna. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 161-184
Šestáková A, Černecká Ľ, Naumova M, Purgat P, Szita É, Gajdoš P (2022) A review of two very rare ground spiders from sandy habitats, new for Slovakia (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 64: 14-24
Seyyar O, Ayyildiz N, Topçu A (2008a) Updated checklist of ground spiders (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) of Turkey, with zoogeographical and faunistic remarks. Entomological News 119: 509-520
Szita É, Samu F, Szinetár C, Dudás G, Botos E, Horváth R, Szalkovski O (2006) New data on the occurrence of Gnaphosa rufula (L. Koch, 1866) and Gnaphosa mongolica Simon, 1895 in Hungary. In C. Deltshev & P. Stoev (eds.), European Arachnology 2005. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica Supplement 1: 329-334
Weiss I, Petrișor A (1999) List of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Romania. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 41: 79-107
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2