Drassodes

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Drassodes
Drassodes lapidosus
Drassodes lapidosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Drassodes
Westring, 1851
Diversity
172 species
Species

D. cupreus
D. hispanus
D. hypocrita
D. lapidosus
D. saccatus
 many others

female D. saccatus with male left pedipalp. Mosaicism is quite rare in spiders
female D. saccatus with male left pedipalp. Mosaicism is quite rare in spiders

Drassodes is a spider genus in the family Gnaphosidae. They can reach a length of about 20mm; the brownish spiders live under rocks or bark in mostly dry habitats.

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