Gnaphosa rhenana Müller & Schenkel, 1895
Description
Embolus with longish process on its base. Epigyne with scapus, longer than half of epigyne length. Prosoma light brown. Legs more reddish than prosoma. Opisthosoma light brown.
Body length male: 5.5-5.7 mmBody length female: 5.7-9.3 mm
Additional information
at gravelly riverbanks
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Pesarini 2000)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Komnenov 2018)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Komnenov 2018)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Komnenov 2018)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Komnenov 2018)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Komnenov 2018)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Komnenov 2018)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Komnenov 2018)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Komnenov 2018)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Tolve et al. 2024)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Tolve et al. 2024)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Grimm 1985)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Grimm 1985)
Tip of pedipalp, ventral view
(Roșca 1968)
Epigyne
(Roșca 1968)
Epigyne
(Tolve et al. 2024)
Epigyne
(Grimm 1985)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Tolve et al. 2024)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Grimm 1985)
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
Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018) 
Blick T, Finch O-D, Harms K H, Kiechle J, Kielhorn K-H , Kreuels M, Malten A, Martin D, Muster C, Nährig D, Platen R, Rödel I, Scheidler M, Staudt A, Stumpf H, Tolke D (2016) Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae) Deutschlands. 3. Fassung, Stand April 2008, einzelne Änderungen und Nachträge bis August 2015. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 70/4: 383-510
Danflous S, Déjean S, Guerbaa K, Jacquet C, Lecigne S, Montagne D, Montardi Y, Villepoux O (2020b) De araneis Galliae IV. Actualisation du référentiel des araignées de France – première note. Espèces absentes de France ou mises en nomen dubium. Bulletin de l'Association Française d'Arachnologie 5: 10-32
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
Komnenov M (2018) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the floodplains of the Vjosa river, south Albania. Acta ZooBot Austria 155: 197-212
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Lecigne S, Courtial C, Danflous S, Déjean S, Guerbaa K, Jacquet C, Montagne D, Montardi Y, Villepoux O (2022) De araneis Galliae IV, actualisation du référentiel des araignées de France - troisième note. Révision du statut de certaines espèces de la faune de France. Bulletin de l'Association Française d'Arachnologie 6: 3-38
Maurer R, Hänggi A (1990) Katalog der schweizerischen Spinnen. Documenta Faunistica Helvetiae 12
Pesarini C (2000) Contributo alla conoscenza della fauna araneologica italiana (Araneae). Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 78: 379-393
Roșca A (1968) Cercetari asupra faunei de arannee din imprejurimile Iasilor. Studii şi Cercetăride Biologie (Zool.) 20: 79-87
Thaler K, Knoflach B (2004b) Zur Faunistik der Spinnen (Araneae) von Österreich: Gnaphosidae, Thomisidae (Dionycha pro parte). Linzer Biologische Beiträge 36: 417-484
Tolve M, Tagliabue M, Girodo A, Giuva D, Piano E, Piquet A, Isaia M (2024) An inventory of the spider species of "La Mandria" Regional Natural Park (NW Italy) (Arachnida: Araneae). Fragmenta Entomologica 56: 21-37
Weiss I, Petrișor A (1999) List of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Romania. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 41: 79-107
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2