Haplodrassus creticus (Roewer, 1928)
Description
Male
Yellow-brown. Prosoma brown in cephalic part, widening and yellowish in thoracic part. Fovea small, dark. Sternum oval, labium and maxillae longer than wide. Chelicerae brown, with 2 posterior and 1 anterior teeth. Opisthosoma greyish yellow with a light pattern. Palp: tibial apophysis short, truncate. Tegular apophysis characteristic, embolus long, dorsally broadened and truncate. Prosoma length: 1.5-2.0 mm, prosoma width: 1.1-2.0 mm.
Body length male: 3.5-4.8 mmFemale
Yellow-brown. Prosoma brown in cephalic part, widening and yellowish in thoracic part. Fovea small, dark. Sternum oval, labium and maxillae longer than wide. Chelicerae brown, with 2 posterior and 1 anterior teeth. Opisthosoma greyish yellow with a light pattern. Epigyne: anterior margin wider than areola. Lateral margins hiding the genital orifices, with almost parallel sclerotizations. Introductory pouches often covered by a mating plug. Prosoma length: 1.8-2.2 mm, prosoma width: 1.5-1.9 mm.
Body length female: 4.3-6.5 mmAdditional information
No specific habitat preference.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Chatzaki et al. 2002a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Chatzaki et al. 2002a)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Bosmans et al. 2018)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans et al. 2018)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans et al. 2018)
Bulbus
(Chatzaki et al. 2002a)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Chatzaki et al. 2002a)
Palpal tibia, dorso-lateral view
(Bosmans et al. 2018)
Epigyne
(Chatzaki et al. 2002a)
Epigyne
(Bosmans et al. 2018)
Vulva
(Chatzaki et al. 2002a)
Vulva, ventral view
(Bosmans et al. 2018)
Distribution List
References
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 
Chatzaki M, Thaler K, Mylonas M (2002a) Ground spiders (Gnaphosidae; Araneae) of Crete (Greece). Taxonomy and distribution. I. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 109: 559-601
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2