A Revision of the Spider Genera Drassodes and Tivodrassus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in North America
Platnick NI and Shadab MU. 1976. A Revision of the Spider Genera Drassodes and Tivodrassus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in North America. American Museum Novitates. (2593):1-29
ABSTRACT: Seven North American species of Drassodes and four of Tivodrassus are diagnosed and described. The usefulness of vanrous genitalic characters for species discrimination in Drassodes is discussed. Five new species are described: D. mirus from the Rocky Mountains, D. angulus from California, and T. pecki, T. reddelli, and T. farias from Mexico. Drassodes saccatus (Emerton) is removed from the synonymy of D. neglectus (Keyserling) and considered a valid species. Five specific names are newly synonymized: D. phanus (Chamberlin) and D. yavapainus (Chamberlin), both with D. gosiutus Chamberlin; and D. centralis F. 0. P.-Cambridge, D. celes Chamberlin, and D. robinsoni Chamberlin, all with D. saccatus (Emerton). The males of D. Iouisianus Roddy and T. ethophor Chamberlin and Ivie are described for the first time. Drassodes perditus Banks is transferred to Herpyllus.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Platnick, Norman; Shadab, Mohammad
- Units
- GRSM , ROMO , SEQU , YELL , YOSE
- Keywords
- APHN, Appalachian Highlands Network, Araneae, Drassodes angulus, Drassodes gosiutus, Drassodes mirus, Drassodes neglectus, Gnaphosidae, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, GRSM, new species, SER, Southeast Region, spiders, taxonomy