Gnaphosidae  Banks, 1892 / Drassodes  Westring, 1851   43 species

Drassodes archibensis  Ponomarev & Alieva, 2008

Description

Palpus tibia short (only half as long as the cymbium) and with five spines. Tibial apophysis strong and long, almost reaching the middle of the bulbus. Embolus short and broad. Distal apophysis of the bulbus curved towards the side.

Carapace yellow-brown, cephalic region darkened. Radial lines extending from the median furrow do not reach the margin. Sternum yellow with black margin. Labien, gnathocoxae and chelicerae brown. Anterior cheliceral margin with three small teeth; the middle tooth is the largest and the tooth on the inner side is the smallest. Posterior cheliceral margin with one small tooth. Legs and palps yellow; scopulae on tarsi and metatarsi I and II well developed. Tibiae I and II with two pairs of ventral spines: one basal pair and one median pair. Metatarsi I and II with a basal pair of ventral spines.

Dorsum gray.

Carapace length 3.9 mm, width 2.7 mm.

Body length male: 10.1 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: Caucasus
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Russia (Caucasus)
Phenology
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"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.

Russia, Southern   (Otto, 2022) |||
References

Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.

Ponomarev A V, Alieva S V (2008) New species of spiders of the genus Drassodes Westring, 1851 (Aranei: Gnaphosidae) of Dagestan Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 4: 255-257 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
22-05-2014 Image insert
22-05-2014 Datasheet update Detail
22-05-2014 Distribution update Detail