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page 1Gnaphosidae genera

Drassodes
Drassodes is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Niklas Westring in 1851. They are brown, gray, and red spiders that live under rocks or bark in mostly dry habitats, and are generally long, but can reach up to in length.
Micaria
Micaria is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Niklas Westring in 1851. They are long.
Callilepis
genus of arachnids
Gnaphosa
Gnaphosa is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804. They all have a serrated keel on the retromargin of each chelicera.
Scotophaeus
Scotophaeus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1893.

Drassyllus
Drassyllus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by R. V. Chamberlin in 1922.
Herpyllus
Herpyllus is a genus of ground spiders first described by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz in 1832.
Sergiolus
Sergiolus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1892. They are long.

Cesonia
Cesonia is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1893.
Aphantaulax
Aphantaulax is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1878.

Berlandina
Berlandina is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by in 1922.
Anzacia
Anzacia is a genus of South Pacific ground spiders that was first described by R. de Dalmas in 1919.
Fedotovia
Fedotovia is a genus of Asian ground spiders that was first described by Dmitry Kharitonov in 1946.
Camillina
Camillina is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Lucien Berland in 1919. They are very similar to sister genus Zelotes.

Haplodrassus
Haplodrassus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by R. V. Chamberlin in 1922. They range from . H. signifer is the most widespread species, found across North America except for Alaska and northern Canada.
Australoechemus
Australoechemus is a genus of West African ground spiders that was first described by Günter Schmidt (arachnologist), M. Geisthardt & F. Piepho in 1994. it contains only two species, both found on the Cape Verde islands: A. celer and A. oecobiophilus.
Setaphis
Setaphis is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1893.

Xizangiana
Xizangiana is a genus of East Asian ground spiders (family Gnaphosidae). The genus was first described in 2004 under the name Xizangia, but this had already been used for at least two other groups of animals. The replacement name Xizangiana was published by Sherwood, Li & Zhang in 2022. , the genus contains only two species, both found in China: X. linzhiensis and X. rigaze.
Diaphractus
Diaphractus is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1907. , it contains three species.
Benoitodes
Benoitodes is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick in 1993. it contains only two species: B. caheni and B. sanctaehelenae.
Poecilochroa
Poecilochroa is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Niklas Westring in 1874.
Echemus
genus of arachnids
Cladothela
Cladothela is a genus of Asian ground spiders that was first described by Kyukichi Kishida in 1928.
Anagraphis
Anagraphis is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1893. Originally placed in the now unrecognized family Prodidomidae, it was moved to the family Gnaphosidae in 2006.
Eilica
Eilica is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1891.
Heser
Heser is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by T. K. Tuneva in 2004.

Leptodrassus
Leptodrassus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1878.
Notiodrassus
Notiodrassus is a genus of South Pacific ground spiders that was first described by E. B. Bryant in 1935. it contains only two species, both found in New Zealand: N. distinctus and N. fiordensis.

Talanites
Talanites is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1893.
Echemoides
Echemoides is a genus of South American ground spiders that was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1938. Originally placed with the ant spiders, it was moved to the ground spiders in 1993.

Amusia
genus of arachnids

Apopyllus
Apopyllus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick & M. U. Shadab in 1984.
Asemesthes
Asemesthes is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1887.

Kishidaia
Kishidaia is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by T. Yaginuma in 1960. it contains three species and one subspecies: K. albimaculata, K. conspicua, K. c. concolor, and K. coreana.
Litopyllus
Litopyllus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by R. V. Chamberlin in 1922. it contains only three species: L. cubanus, L. realisticus, and L. temporarius.

Trachyzelotes
Trachyzelotes is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by H. Lohmander in 1944 as a subgenus of Zelotes, and was raised to genus status in 1967. It has a body length of .

Orodrassus
Orodrassus is a genus of North American ground spiders that was first described by R. V. Chamberlin in 1922. it contains only three species: O. assimilis, O. canadensis, and O. coloradensis.
Allozelotes
Allozelotes is a genus of Chinese ground spiders that was first described by C. M. Yin & X. J. Peng in 1998.
Apodrassodes
Apodrassodes is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by J. Vellard in 1924.
Scopoides
Scopoides is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick in 1989, found in Mexico and the United States.

Latonigena
Latonigena is a genus of ground spiders that was first erected by Eugène Simon in 1893. Species of the genus are found in South America.
Sosticus
Sosticus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by R. V. Chamberlin in 1922.
Micythus
genus of arachnids
Amazoromus
Amazoromus is a genus of South American ground spiders that was first described by Antônio Brescovit & H. Höfer in 1994.
Odontodrassus
Odontodrassus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by J.-F. Jézéquel in 1965.

Matua
genus of arachnids

Berinda
Berinda is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Carl Friedrich Roewer in 1928.

Drassodex
Drassodex is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by J. Murphy in 2007.

Leptodrassex
Leptodrassex is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by J. Murphy in 2007.
Pterotrichina
Pterotrichina is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by R. de Dalmas in 1921. it contains only two species: P. elegans and P. nova.

Coreodrassus
Coreodrassus is a genus of Asian ground spiders that was first described by K. Y. Paik in 1984. it contains only three species: C. forficalus, C. lancearius, and C. semidesertus.
Encoptarthria
Encoptarthria is a genus of Australian ground spiders that was first described by Barbara York Main in 1954. Originally placed in the no longer recognized family Prodidomidae, it was moved to the family Gnaphosidae in 2007.
Chilongius
Chilongius is a genus of Chilean long-spinneret ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick, M. U. Shadab & L. N. Sorkin in 2005.

Leptopilos
Leptopilos is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by G. Levy in 2009.
Chileomma
Chileomma is a genus of Chilean long-spinneret ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick, M. U. Shadab & L. N. Sorkin in 2005.
Civizelotes
Civizelotes is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by A. Senglet in 2012.
Chileuma
Chileuma is a genus of Chilean long-spinneret ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick, M. U. Shadab & L. N. Sorkin in 2005. it contains only three species, found only in Chile: C. paposo, C. renca, and C. serena.
Oltacloea
Oltacloea is a genus of South American ground spiders that was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1940. it contains only three species, found only in Argentina and Brazil: O. beltraoae, O. mutilata, and O. ribaslangei. Originally placed with the long-spinneret ground spiders, it was transferred to the ground spiders in 2018.

Trephopoda
Trephopoda is a genus of southern African ground spiders first described by R.W.E. Tucker in 1923. They have only been found in Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.

Arauchemus
Arauchemus is a genus of South American ground spiders that was first described by R. Ott & Antônio Brescovit in 2012. it contains only two species, both found in Brazil: A. graudo and A. miudo.