Gnaphosa lapponum (L. Koch, 1866)
Description
Male palp with lobe-shaped part on base of distal bulbal apophysis. Epigyne with scapus reaching 1/3 of epigyne length. Prosoma brown. Opisthosoma middle brown.
Body length male: 7.5-8.3 mmBody length female: 8.0-10.0 mm
Additional information
at heath-like locations, alpine-subalpine regions
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Ovtsharenko et al. 1992)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Pesarini 2000)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Ovtsharenko et al. 1992)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Agnarsson 1996)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Ledoux et al. 1996)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Ledoux et al. 1996)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wiśniewski & Wesołowska 2017)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Grimm 1985)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Grimm 1985)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Grimm 1985)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Almquist 2007)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Almquist 2007)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Almquist 2007)
Epigyne
(Ovtsharenko et al. 1992)
Epigyne
(Agnarsson 1996)
Epigyne
(Ledoux et al. 1996)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Morka unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Méndez et al. 2024)
Epigyne
(Grimm 1985)
Epigyne
(Almquist 2007)
Vulva
(Ovtsharenko et al. 1992)
Vulva, ventral view
(Tullgren 1946)
Vulva
(Ledoux et al. 1996)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Méndez et al. 2024)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Grimm 1985)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Almquist 2007)
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
Aakra K, Hauge E (2003) Checklist of Norwegian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae), including Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 50: 109-129 
Agnarsson I (1996) Íslenskar köngulær Fjölrit Náttúrufræðistofnunar 31: 1-175
Almquist S (2007) Swedish Araneae, part 2 – families Dictynidae to Salticidae. Insect Systematics & Evolution, Supplement 63(2006): 285-601
Arnold K (2001) Beitrag zur Spinnenfauna (Arachnida, Araneae) des Fürstentums Liechtenstein. Berichte der Botanisch-Zoologischen Gesellschaft Liechtenstein-Sargans-Werdenberg 28: 211-244
Cera I (2018) The checklist of Latvian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Environmental and Experimental Biology 16: 139-152
Cera I, Keiss O (2016) Spider species new to the fauna of Latvia and new localities for Gnaphosa lapponum and G. nigerrima (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Latvijas Entomologs 53: 122-124
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
Deltshev C, Vrenozi B, Blagoev G, Lazarov S (2011b) Spiders of Albania – faunistic and zoogeographical review (Arachnida: Araneae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 63: 125-144
Esyunin S L, Efimik V E (1996a) Catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Urals. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow, 228 pp.
Grimm U (1985) Die Gnaphosidae Mitteleuropas (Arachnida, Araneae). Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF) 26: 1-318
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
Ivanov V V (2013) The checklist of Belarusian spiders (Arachnida, Araneae). Zoology and Ecology 4: 293-311
Koponen S, Fritzén N R, Pajunen T (2016) Checklist of spiders in Finland (Araneae). 6th version, December 2016, online at http://biolcoll.utu.fi/arach/checklist_of_spiders_in_Finland.htm
Kronestedt T (2001) Checklist of Spiders (Araneae) in Sweden [Preliminary version February 2001]
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Ledoux J C, Emerit M, Pinault G (1996) (unpublished). Les araignées et opilions de Nohèdes (Pyrénées Orientales). former link: http://revue-arachnologique.fr/lespdf/Nohedes.pdf
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Maurer R, Hänggi A (1990) Katalog der schweizerischen Spinnen. Documenta Faunistica Helvetiae 12
Méndez Ó, Marquerie M, Domènech M (2024) Nuevos registros aracnológicos (Araneae) en Cataluña aportan nuevas citas a nivel regional, nacional y peninsular. Arxius de Miscel·lània Zoològica 22: 79-94
Morka G H (unpubl.)
Ovtsharenko V I, Platnick N I, Song D X (1992) A review of the North Asian ground spiders of the genus Gnaphosa (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 212: 1-88
Pesarini C (2000) Contributo alla conoscenza della fauna araneologica italiana (Araneae). Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 78: 379-393
Rėlys V, Mikelaitis D, Uselis V (2021) Vorų įvairovė Viešvilės gamtiniame rezervate (2001 m.) [Spider diversity in the Viesville nature reserve (2001)]. Matulevičiūtė D (ed): Gamtos vertybės saugomose teritorijose [Natural Values in Protected Areas] 4: 159-172; Lututė Publishing House, Kaunas
Růžička V, Řezáč M (2022a) Seznam pavouků České republiky. List of spiders of the Czech Republic. Online at https://www.arachnology.cz/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html and https://www.arachnology.cz/en/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html
Schikora H-B (1997) Wachsende Regenmoorflächen im Zehlaubruch (Kaliningrad-Region): Extremlebensraum für epigäische Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae)? Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie 27: 447-452
Tullgren A (1946) Svensk spindelfauna. 3. Egentiliga spinddlar. Araneae Fam 5-7. Clubionidae, Zoridae och Gnaphosidae. Stockholm (Entomol Fören.): 141 pp.
Wiśniewski K, Wesołowska W (2017) Rare spider species (Araneae) from the Giant Mountains and the Izera Mountains – new records for the fauna of Poland. Fragmenta Faunistica 59: 115-120
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
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