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Genus: Drassodex Murphy, 2007 | Family: Gnaphosidae Banks, 1892

Drassodex validior (Simon, 1914)

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Described:

Distribution: France, Italy

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Type Repository Provide information

Lectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m (AR 14592) - (Hervé, Roberts & Murphy, 2009)
Paralectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 9f (AR 9241) - (Hervé, Roberts & Murphy, 2009)

Taxonomic References

Drassodes validior Simon, 1914: 134, 208, f. 227 (Dmf) Original description

Drassodex validior Hervé, Roberts & Murphy, 2009: 23, f. 45-48 (mf, removed from S of Drassodes hispanus, rejecting Roewer, 1955c: 386)

Drassodex validior Pantini & Caria, 2025: 49, f. 2a-b, 3a-b (mf)

References

Hervé, C., Roberts, M. J. & Murphy, J. A. (2009). A taxonomic revision of the genus Drassodex Murphy, 2007 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Zootaxa 2171: 1-28. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2171.1.1 -- Show included taxa

Pantini, P. & Caria, M. (2025). Contributo alla conoscenza degli Gnaphosidae (Araneae) italiani. Rivista del Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali "Enrico Caffi", Bergamo 38: 47-69. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1914). Les arachnides de France. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae. Tome VI. 1re partie. Roret, Paris, pp. 1-308. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Gloor, D., Hänggi, A., Kropf, C.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 05.2018. doi: 10.24436/1

GBIF.org (2019). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [1 September 2019]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-01-10	New taxonomic reference entry	Pantini & Caria, 2025
2026-01-10	Species distribution update	Pantini & Caria, 2025	Old value