Gnaphosa

Gnaphosa
Temporal range:
Gnaphosa lucifuga
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Gnaphosa
Latreille, 1804
Type species
G. lucifuga
(Walckenaer, 1802)
Species

148, see text

Synonyms

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.