Gnaphosidae  Banks, 1892 / Drassodex  Murphy, 2007   10 species

Drassodex simoni Hervé, Roberts & Murphy, 2009

Description
Male

Retrolateral tibial apophysis bifid, superior prong short and strongly curved. Embolus without terminal apophysis. Prosoma length: 5.45 mm.

Body length male: 12.86 mm
Female

Epigynal atrium relatively small, egg-shaped. Prosoma length: 5.78 mm.

Body length female: 14.29 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Alps (France, Italy, Switzerland)
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Distribution List
France   (Hervé et al., 2009) ||| Italy   (Isaia et al., 2015) ||| Switzerland   (Hervé et al., 2009; Hänggi & Stäubli, 2012) |||
References

Grimm U (1985) Die Gnaphosidae Mitteleuropas (Arachnida, Araneae). Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF) 26: 1-318 pdf

Hänggi A, Stäubli A (2012) Nachträge zum „Katalog der schweizerischen Spinnen“: 4. Neunachweise von 2002 bis 2011. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 44: 59-76 pdf

Hervé C M, Roberts J, Murphy J A (2009) A taxonomic revision of the genus Drassodex Murphy, 2007 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Zootaxa 2171: 1-28 pdf

Isaia M, Paschetta M, Chiarle A (2015) Annotated checklist of the spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of the site of community importance and special area of conservation "Alpi Marittime" (NW Italy). Zoosystema 37: 57-114 pdf

Murphy J (2007) Gnaphosid genera of the world. British Arachnological Society St Neots, Cambridgeshire, 605 pp. 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
15-01-2025 Image insert
25-05-2020 Distribution update Detail
14-09-2019 Distribution update Detail
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20-08-2013 Datasheet update Detail