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Gnaphosidae  Banks, 1892 / Drassyllus  Chamberlin, 1922   19 species

Drassyllus dadia Komnenov & Chatzaki, 2016

Description
Male

Prosoma and chelicerae black-brown. Prosoma length: 2.0 mm. Sternum dark brown. Legs orange, femora black-brown. Opisthosoma black-brown, dorsum with shiny scutum, covering 1/3 of opisthosoma.

Body length male: 4.4 mm
Female

Colouration as in males. Prosoma length: 1.77 mm.

Body length female: 4.4 mm
Additional information

Habitat: maqui and humid grassland.

Distribution
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Global distribution (WSC 2026): Greece, Turkey, Iran
Phenology
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Distribution List
Greece   (Komnenov et al., 2016) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Coşar et al., 2018; Danışman et al., 2025a) |||
References

Chatzaki M (2021) Description of new ground spider species (Gnaphosidae, Araneae) from mainland Greece. Taxonomy 1: 374-394 pdf

Coşar İ, Danışman T, Kartaler M (2018) Three new records for the spider fauna of Turkey (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Indian Journal of Arachnology 6(2017): 34-38 pdf

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 pdf

Komnenov M, Pitta E, Zografou K, Chatzaki M (2016) Discovering the still unexplored arachnofauna of the National Park of Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli, NE Greece: a taxonomic review with description of new species. Zootaxa 4096: 1-66 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

Zamani A, Nadolny A A, Esyunin S L, Marusik Y M (2022a) New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), part IX. Arachnology 19: 358-384 pdf

Updates
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