Drassodes difficilis (Simon, 1878)
Description
Female
Legs and pedipalp greyish with conspicuous striped pattern mainly formed by lines of hairs contrasting to hairless parts; femur I with one, femur II with two prolateral spines; femora I and II with two dorsal spines; tibiae and metatarsi I and II with one ventral spine, without pro- nor retrolateral spines; tibiae III and IV with stout prolateral, retrolateral, dorsal and ventral spines; all tarsi scopulated over their total length.
Body length female: 7.80-9.55 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Hervé & Rollard 2009)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Hervé & Rollard 2009)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Alderweireldt & De Boever 2016)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Alderweireldt & De Boever 2016)
Median apophysis, ventral view
(Barrientos et al. 2017)
Chelicera, ventral view
(Hervé & Rollard 2009)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Alderweireldt & De Boever 2016)
Epigyne
(Barrientos et al. 2017)
Vulva, ventral view
(Alderweireldt & De Boever 2016)
Vulva, ventral view
(Alderweireldt & De Boever 2016)
Vulva
(Barrientos et al. 2017)
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
Alderweireldt M, De Boever C (2016) Description of the unknown female of Drassodes difficilis (Simon, 1878) from Spain with illustrations of the male and some zoogeographical notes (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 29: 34-36 
Barrientos J A, Moya J, García-Sarrión R, Uribarri I, Melic A, Prieto C E, Moraza M L, Zaragoza J A (2017) Arácnidos del Parque Natural de Cabo de Gata-Níjar (Almería, España). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 30: 107-138
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
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
Hervé C, Rollard C (2009) Drassodes species from the Parc national du Mercantour (French Alps), with the description of a new species (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Contributions to Natural History 12: 627-642
Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2