Topic
Drassodes
About: Drassodes is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 32 publications have been published within this topic receiving 145 citations.
Papers
TL;DR: The Haplodrassus species of the the Maghreb are revised, and the female of H. rhodanicus is described for the first time, and a female lectotype is designated and the unknown male is described.
Abstract: The Haplodrassus species of the the Maghreb are revised. Six new species are described: H. dentifer Bosmans Abrous, sp. n. (♂♀, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Spain), H. longivulva Bosmans Herve, sp. n. (♂♀, Algeria, Morocco), H. lyndae Abrous Bosmans, sp. n. (♂♀, Algeria, Morocco, Spain), H. ovatus Bosmans Herve, sp. n. (Tunisia, Algeria), H. securifer Bosmans Abrous, sp. n. (♂♀, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Belgium) and H. triangularis Bosmans, sp. n. (♂♀, Morocco, Tunisia). The following new synonyms are proposed. Drassus corticalis Lucas, 1846, syn. n. and Drassus similis C.L. Koch, 1866, syn. n. were found to be junior synonyms of Drassus rufipes Lucas, 1846. Drassus parvulus L. Koch 1882, Drassodes acrotirius Roewer, 1928, Drassodes seditiosus Caporiacco, 1928, Drassodes parvicorpus Roewer, 1951 and Haplodrassus maroccanus Denis, 1956 are junior synonyms of Drassus omissus O.P.-Cambridge, 1872 syn. n. and this species is transferred to Haplodrassus comb. n. (taken out of the synonymy with H. morosus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1872, contra Levy, 2004). Drassodes nigroscriptus deminutus Simon, 1909 and Drassodes nigroscriptus Simon, 1909 are synonyms and the species is transferred to Haplodrassus comb. n. Haplodrassus isaevi Ponomarev Tsvetkov, 2006 is a junior synonym of Haplodrassus orientalis (L. Koch), 1866 syn. n. comb. n. H. macellinus hebes (O.P.- Cambridge, 1874) is a synonym of Haplodrassus macellinus (Thorell, 1871) syn. n. Haplodrassus vignai Di Franco, 1996 is a synonym of H. macellinus (Thorell, 1871) (taken out of the synonymy of H. invalidus O.P.-Cambridge, 1872, contra Levy, 2004). H. gridellii Caporiacco, 1949 is taken out of the synonymy with H. pugnans (Simon, 1880) and synonymized with H. rufipes (Lucas, 1846) syn. n. (contra Levy, 2004). The following new combinations are proposed. Drassodes rhodanicus Simon, 1914 = Haplodrassus rhodanicus (Simon, 1914), comb. n. Drassus crassipes Lucas, 1846 = Haplodrassus crassipes (Lucas, 1846) comb. n. The following new status is proposed: Haplodrassus typhon (Simon, 1878) is removed from the synonymy of H. macellinus Thorel, 1871, is declared a valid species, a female lectotype is designated and the unknown male is described. Drassodes severus L. Koch, 1839 and Drassodes spinicrus Caporiacco, 1928 are declared nomina dubia. The female of H. rhodanicus is described for the first time, and the male illustrated for the first time. All Haplodrassus species occurring in the Maghreb are redescribed as well as Haplodrassus macellinus (Thorell, 1871), only occurring in S.W. Europe and deleted from the North African list. New distribution data and photos of other European Haplodrassus species are presented.
166 citations
TL;DR: The Gnaphosidae of Cyprus are not the focus of the present paper, but the unknown female of Echemus levyi Kovblyuk, 2009 found in Cyprus, is also described here for comparative purposes.
Abstract: New taxonomic data on the ground spiders of the families Gnaphosidae, Liocranidae and Prodidomidae from the Greek islands Rodos and Symi are presented resulting from extensive field work conducted in 2006. Additional material from Karpathos is also included. In total, 48 species are recorded, and five new species (Drassodes mylonasi Chatzaki sp.n., Echemus kaltsasi Chatzaki sp.n., Minosiella apolakia Chatzaki sp.n., Phaeocedus vankeeri Chatzaki sp.n., and Turkozelotes attavirus Chatzaki sp.n.) are proposed. Although the Gnaphosidae of Cyprus are not the focus of the present paper, the unknown female of Echemus levyi Kovblyuk, 2009 found in Cyprus, is also described here for comparative purposes. Leptodrassex memorialis (Spassky, 1940) is justifiably transferred to the genus Leptopilos Levy, 2009 and it is therefore regarded as Leptopilos memorialis comb.nov. The male of Zelotes daidalus Chatzaki, 2003 and the female of Z. minous Chatzaki, 2003 are newly matched and Z. daidalus is further synonymised with Z. shaked Levy, 1998.The new matching of Z. minous males with Z. daidalus females is justified. Two species are new records for Greece: Zelotes limnatis Chatzaki Russell-Smith, 2017 and Agraecina scupiensis Deltshev, 2016.
77 citations
TL;DR: Indian Scopoides species have been revised and three new combinations are proposed: Poecilochroa kuljitae, Megamyrmaekion pritiae and tikaderi comb.
Abstract: Indian Scopoides species have been revised. Three new combinations are proposed: Poecilochroa kuljitae (Tikader, 1982) comb. nov., Megamyrmaekion pritiae (Tikader, 1982) comb. nov. and Megamyrmaekion tikaderi (Gajbe, 1987) comb. nov.. Scopoides maitraiae (Tikader & Gajbe, 1977) and Scopoides samarae Gawande & Bodkhe, 2018 are synonymized with Drassodes luridus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874). All the examined type materials are imaged and supplementary descriptions for P. kuljitae comb. nov., M. pritiae comb. nov. and M. tikaderi comb. nov. are provided.
72 citations
Journal Article•
TL;DR: A.araucanius and A.quilpuensis are described for the first time in this paper, and three newspecies are described from Chile and adjacent Argentina.
Abstract: A cladogram, key,diagnoses, descriptions, locality records, maps,illustrations, andscanning electron micrographs areprovided forthesix knownspecies ofApodrassodes. Except foradisjunct andprobably introduced population inMexicoandCentral America, thegenusisapparently restricted totemperate SouthAmerica. Drassodes araucanius Chamberlin, Scotophaeus guatemalensis F.0.P.-Cambridge, Scotophaeus quilpuensisSimon,andSyrisca conjuncta (Banks) are transferred toApodrassodes. Threespecific names arenewlysynonymized: A.conjuncta, A.singularis Vellard, andA.rouxi (Mello-Leitao), allwith A.guatemalensis. ThemalesofA.araucanius and A.quilpuensis aredescribed forthefirst time. Three newspecies aredescribed fromChile andadjacent Argentina.
24 citations
TL;DR: The Gnaphosidae of Israel are addressed in general and the genera Drassodes and Haplodrassus are reviewed in particular, with a great many synonyms and misidentifications cleared up.
Abstract: The Gnaphosidae of Israel are addressed in general and the genera Drassodes and Haplodrassus are reviewed in particular. With a great many synonyms and misidentifications cleared up, seven species of Drassodes and eight species of Haplodrassus are recognized. Detailed diagnostic illustrations and comments on the systematics, ecology, records, and the pertinent literature are provided for each species. The following new synonyms are defined: Drassodes chybyndensis Esyunin and Tuneva, 2001 = D. lacertosus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1872); D. rehobothicus Strand, 1915, D. pseudomorosus Strand, 1915, and D. omalosis Roewer, 1928 = D. unicolor (O.P.-Cambridge, 1872); D. louisianus Roddy, 1957 = D. serratichelis (Roewer, 1928); D. maindroni Simon, 1897, D. persimilis Denis, 1937, and D. mazurae Esyunin and Tuneva, 2001 = D. lutescens (C.L. Koch, 1839); D. aegyptius O.P.-Cambridge, 1874 and D. cyrenaicus Caporiacco, 1933 = D. alexandrinus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1874); Haplodrassus gridellii Caporiacco, 1949 = H. pugnans (Simon,...
14 citations
Related Topics (5)
Performance Metrics
| Year | Papers |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2019 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 |