Gnaphosa tigrina Simon, 1878
Description
Embolus slightly bent, its base almost on same level as base of hook-shaped apophysis. Epigyne with almost circular groove. Prosoma light brown to dark brown. Opisthosoma light brown to dark brown.
Body length male: 6-8.9 mmBody length female: 6-13 mm
Additional information
1200-3000 m
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp in detail
(Simon 1914)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Tuneva & Esyunin 2003b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Tuneva & Esyunin 2003b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Zamani et al. 2020c)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Zamani et al. 2020c)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Grimm 1985)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Grimm 1985)
Palpal tibia
(Simon 1914)
Epigyne
(Simon 1914)
Epigyne
(Tuneva & Esyunin 2003b)
Epigyne
(Grimm 1985)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Breitling 2020)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Tuneva & Esyunin 2003b)
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
Benhalima S, Bosmans R (2024) First historical checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Morocco, between 1840–2024. Zootaxa 5555: 407-535 
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Breitling R (2020) South European spiders from the Duffey collection in the Manchester Museum (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 18: 333-362
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
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
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Maurer R, Hänggi A (1990) Katalog der schweizerischen Spinnen. Documenta Faunistica Helvetiae 12
Nuruyeva T, Zamani A (2025) An annotated checklist of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Azerbaijan. Zootaxa 5680: 1-168
Simon E (1914) Les arachnides de France 6 (1). Paris (Roret): 1-308
Tuneva T K, Esyunin S L (2003b) A review of the family Gnaphosidae in the fauna of the Urals (Aranei), 4. The first record of Gnaphosa tigrina Simon, 1878 and remarks on two species from the rufula group. Arthropoda Selecta 11: 277-281
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Zamani A, Dimitrov D, Weiss I, Alimohammadi S, Rafiei-Jahed R, Esyunin S L, Moradmand M, Chatzaki M, Marusik Y M (2020c) New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), part VII. Arachnology 18: 569-591