Gnaphosidae  Banks, 1892 / Haplodrassus  Chamberlin, 1922   42 species

Haplodrassus invalidus  (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)

Description
Male

Pedipalpus relatively small. Terminal apophysis strongly curved. Embolus slender, with transparent tip, inner side of curve with spur-like protrusion.

Body length male: 3.7-7 mm
Female

Epigyne U-shaped, slightly notched at middle part. Epigynal plate anteriorly bordered by thick, arched, dark band.

Body length female: 6.3-8.7 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: Records from Portugal, Spain, France and Italien presumably incorrect (cf. Bosmans et al. 2018)
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Israel, Egypt, Azerbaijan
Phenology
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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.

Azerbaijan   (Kovblyuk et al., 2012b) ||| Cyprus   (Bosmans et al., 2019c) ||| Egypt   (Bosmans et al., 2018) ||| Greece   (Schröder et al., 2011; Chatzaki & Van Keer, 2019) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Seyyar et al., 2008a; Danışman et al., 2024a) |||
References

Bosmans R, Kherbouche-Abrous O, Benhalima S, Hervé C (2018) The genus Haplodrassus Chamberlin, 1922 in the Mediterranean and the Maghreb in particular (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) Zootaxa 4451: 1-67 pdf

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173 pdf

Chatzaki M, Van Keer J (2019) Ground spiders (Araneae: Gnaphosidae, Liocranidae, Prodidomidae) from the Greek islands Rodos, Symi and Karpathos, with the description of new species. Zootaxa 4646: 434-460 pdf

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2024a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2024 [last updated 01 January 2024], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info pdf

Kovblyuk M M, Kastrygina Z A, Omelko M M (2012b) A review of the spider genus Haplodrassus Chamberlin, 1922 in Crimea (Ukraine) and adjacent areas (Araneae,  Gnaphosidae). Zookeys 205: 59-89 pdf

Levy G (2004) Spiders of the genera Drassodes and Haplodrassus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) from Israel. Israel Journal of Zoology 50: 1-37 pdf

Schröder M, Chatzaki M, Buchholz S (2011) The spider fauna of the Aladjagiola wetland complex (Nestos Delta, north-east Greece): a reflection of a unique zoogeographical transition zone in Europe. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 102: 217-233 pdf

Seyyar O, Ayyildiz N, Topçu A (2008a) Updated checklist of ground spiders (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) of Turkey, with zoogeographical and faunistic remarks. Entomological News 119: 509-520 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
21-11-2022 Distribution update Detail
07-02-2022 Distribution update Detail
07-02-2022 Distribution insert Detail
26-07-2019 Image insert
10-08-2018 Image insert
06-08-2018 Distribution update Detail
30-09-2015 Distribution update Detail
09-04-2013 Distribution update Detail