Gnaphosa Latreille, 1804

Biswas, Bijan & Roy, Rakhi, 2008, Description Of Six New Species Of Spiders Of The Genera Lathys (Family: Dictynidae), Marpissa (Family: Salticidae), Misumenoides (Family: Thomisidae), Agroeca (Family: Clubionidae), Gnaphosa (Family: Gnaphosidae) And Flanona (Family: Lycosidae) - From India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 108 (1), pp. 43-57 : 52

Genus Gnaphosa Latreille

1804. Gnaphosa Latreille, Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., 24: 134.

1948. Gnaphosa: Kaston, Bull. Conn. St. goel. nat. Hist. Surv., 70: 1-87.

1966. Gnaphosa: Tikader, Ree. Indian Mus., 59 (4): 439.

1982. Gnaphosa: Tikader, Fauna of India, Araneae: Spiders, 2(2): 329.

Diagnosis: Cephalothorax nearly oval and broader in front, not attenuated. Pattern of widening streaks diverging from short fovea. Anterior row of eyes procurved occupying one third to one-half width of head. Posterior row considerably longer than anterior row and rather strongly recurved, madians irregular in outline, larger than laterals and further than each other. Sternum oval, pointed behind. Chelicerae not strong, inner margin with a prominent chitinous ridge, whose edge is concave and serrated. Outer margin with two teeth. Legs uniform in colour as carapace. Abdomen black or deep brown with generally six faint marks or impressions dorsally. Male palp with a strong single tibial apophysis.

Type-species: Gnaphosa lucifuga (Wa1ckenaer)

Distribution: Europe, Asia, Africa, America.