World Spider Catalog

Gnaphosidae Banks, 1892

Family | ACCEPTED

In synonymy:

Drassyllochemmis Gertsch & Davis, 1936 = Talanites Simon, 1893 (Platnick & Shadab, 1976b: 4, sub Rachodrassus)

Rachodrassus Chamberlin, 1922 = Talanites Simon, 1893 (Platnick & Ovtsharenko, 1991: 115)

Gen. Talanites Simon, 1893 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02486

type Talanites fervidus Simon, 1893; gender masculine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Rachodrassus Chamberlin, 1922: 160 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05729] (type R. echinus Chamberlin, 1922) by Platnick & Ovtsharenko, 1991: 115; Rachodrassus considered a senior synonym of Drassyllochemmis Gertsch & Davis, 1936: 17 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05728] (type D. captiosus Gertsch & Davis, 1936) by Platnick & Shadab, 1976b: 4).

Transferred to other genera:

Talanites aculeatus Charitonov, 1946 -- see Anagraphis

Talanites dorsilineatus Dönitz & Strand, 1906 -- see Prochora

Talanites flavus (Chamberlin & Woodbury, 1929) -- see Agroeca

Talanites pallidus Hadjissarantos, 1940 -- see Anagraphis

Talanites tikaderi (Gajbe, 1987) -- see Drassodes

In synonymy:

Talanites chera (Chamberlin, 1922) = Talanites echinus (Chamberlin, 1922) (Exline, 1962: 80, sub Rachodrassus)

Talanites fagei Spassky, 1938 = Talanites involutus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) (Yang, Liu & Zhang, 2023: 28)

Talanites alexeevi Ponomarev, 2020 | | Russia (Europe) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052646

Talanites alexeevi Ponomarev, in Ponomarev & Shmatko, 2020b: 300, f. 1-4 (Dmf) Original description

Talanites atscharicus Mcheidze, 1946 | | Georgia, Kazakhstan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028004

Talanites atscharica Mcheidze, 1946: 292, f. 8-9 (Df) Original description

Talanites atscharicus Brignoli, 1983c: 577

Talanites atscharicus Platnick & Ovtsharenko, 1991: 116 (misplaced in the genus)

Talanites atscharica Mcheidze, 1997: 118, f. 173-174 (f)

Talanites captiosus (Gertsch & Davis, 1936) | | USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028005

Drassyllochemmis captiosus Gertsch & Davis, 1936: 17, f. 34 (Dm) Original description

Rachodrassus captiosus Platnick & Shadab, 1976b: 8, f. 15-18 (m, Df)

Talanites captiosus Platnick & Ovtsharenko, 1991: 116 (T from Rachodrassus)

Talanites captiosus Breene et al., 1993: 88, f. 110A-B (mf)

Talanites cavernicola Thorell, 1897 | | Myanmar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028006

Talanites cavernicola Thorell, 1897a: 207 (Df) Original description

Talanites cavernicola Ono et al., 2026: 47, f. 28-30 (f)

Talanites dunini Platnick & Ovtsharenko, 1991 | | Caucasus (Russia, Azerbaijan), Cyprus, Israel, Iran, Turkmenistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028007

Talanites dunini Platnick & Ovtsharenko, 1991: 117, f. 5-8 (Dmf) Original description

Talanites dunini Levy, 2009: 23, f. 51-52 (f)

Talanites dunini Ponomarev et al., 2019: 316, f. 11 (m)

Talanites dunini Bosmans et al., 2019b: 16, f. 8a-e (m)

Talanites echinus (Chamberlin, 1922) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028008

Rachodrassus echinus Chamberlin, 1922: 160 (Dmf) Original description

Rachodrassus chera Chamberlin, 1922: 161 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055885]

Rachodrassus echinus Exline, 1962: 80, f. 7-12 (mf, S of Rachodrassus chera)

Rachodrassus echinus Platnick & Shadab, 1976b: 5, f. 3-8 (mf)

Rachodrassus echinus Heiss & Allen, 1986: 55, f. 89-91 (mf)

Talanites echinus Platnick & Ovtsharenko, 1991: 116 (T from Rachodrassus)

Talanites exlineae (Platnick & Shadab, 1976) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028009

Rachodrassus exlineae Platnick & Shadab, 1976b: 7, f. 9-14 (Dmf) Original description

Rachodrassus exlineae Heiss & Allen, 1986: 56, f. 92-94 (mf)

Talanites exlineae Platnick & Ovtsharenko, 1991: 116 (T from Rachodrassus)

Talanites farsensis Zamani & Marusik, 2024 | | Iran urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059957

Talanites farsensis Zamani & Marusik, in Zamani et al., 2024a: 298, f. 2E, 7E-F (Df) Original description

Talanites fervidus Simon, 1893 | | Egypt, Israel urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028011 TYPE SPECIES

Talanites fervidus Simon, 1893a: 363 (Dmf) Original description

Talanites fervidus Platnick & Ovtsharenko, 1991: 116, f. 1-2 (m)

Talanites fervidus Levy, 1999c: 321, f. 10-15 (mf)

Talanites gilgamesh Al-Khazali, 2024 | | Iraq urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061772

Talanites gilgamesh Al-Khazali, 2024: 18, f. 6A-E, 7A-E (Df) Original description

Talanites involutus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) | | Russia (Europe, Caucasus), Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Pakistan or India, China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026918

Drassus involutus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885b: 14, pl. 1, f. 10 (Df) Original description

Talanites fagei Spassky, 1938: 577, f. 3-4 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028010]

Talanites fagei Platnick & Ovtsharenko, 1991: 118, f. 9-12 (mf)

Talanites fagei Murphy, 2007: 41, f. 236-237 (mf)

Talanites fagei Ponomarev, 2008b: 81, f. 3 (m)

"Drassodes" involutus Marusik & Omelko, 2019: 287, f. 1H, 2E, 5G-H, 6G-I (f; does not belong to Drassodes, taxonomic position uncertain)

Talanites involutus Yang, Liu & Zhang, 2023: 28, f. 1A-C, 2A-C, 3A-C, 4A-C, 5A-C (mf, T from Drassodes, S of Talanites fagei)

Talanites involutus Seropian et al., 2024b: 192, f. 13-15 (m)

Talanites mikhailovi Platnick & Ovtsharenko, 1991 | | Russia (Europe), Kazakhstan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028012

Talanites mikhailovi Platnick & Ovtsharenko, 1991: 116, f. 17-18 (Dm) Original description

Talanites mikhailovi Esyunin & Tuneva, 2020: 118, f. 54-55 (m)

Talanites moodyae Platnick & Ovtsharenko, 1991 | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028013

Talanites moodyae Platnick & Ovtsharenko, 1991: 119, f. 15-16 (Df) Original description

Talanites moodyae Ubick & Moody, 1995: 210, f. 1-2 (Dm)

Talanites strandi Wunderlich, 2011: 37, f. 31 (f; misidentified per Kovblyuk & Kastrygina, 2012: 187)

Talanites ornatus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) | j | Egypt urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028014

Drassus ornatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874a: 388 (Dj) Original description

Talanites ornatus Reimoser, 1919: 164

Talanites ornatus Sherwood, 2024b: 207 (immature, species inquirenda)

Talanites sakastanicus Zamani & Marusik, 2025 | | Iran urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064236

Talanites sakastanicus Zamani & Marusik, in Zamani et al., 2025b: 19, f. 11D, 12H-I (Df) Original description

Talanites santschii Dalmas, 1918 | | Tunisia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028016

Talanites santschii Dalmas, 1918b: 179 (Dm) Original description

Talanites strandi Spassky, 1940 | | Italy, Ukraine, Russia (Europe), Kazakhstan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028017

Talanites strandi Spassky, 1940: 353, pl. 7, f. 1 (Dm) Original description

Talanites strandi Platnick & Ovtsharenko, 1991: 119, f. 13-14 (m)

Talanites strandi Ponomarev & Tsvetkov, 2004: 94, f. 9-10 (Df)

Talanites strandi Wunderlich, 2011: 37, f. 30 (m; f f. 31 see Talanites moodyae)

Talanites strandi Kovblyuk & Kastrygina, 2012: 187, f. 1-12 (mf)

Talanites strandi Pantini & Caria, 2025: 57, f. 4a-d (mf)

Talanites sumericus Zamani & Marusik, 2022 | | Iraq urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055368

Talanites sumericus Zamani & Marusik, 2022c: 292, f. 1A-C (Df) Original description

Talanites sumericus Al-Khazali, 2024: 20, f. 8A-F (f)

Talanites thorelli Ponomarev, 2020 | | Russia (Caucasus) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052647

Talanites cf. dunini Ponomarev et al., 2019: 316, f. 12 (m; see Ponomarev & Shmatko, 2020b: 300)

Talanites thorelli Ponomarev, in Ponomarev & Shmatko, 2020b: 300, f. 5-8 (Dm) Original description

Talanites tibialis Caporiacco, 1934 | | India, Pakistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028018

Talanites tibialis Caporiacco, 1934a: 132, pl. 2, f. 4 (Dm) Original description

Talanites tibialis Tikader, 1982b: 443, f. 335-337 (m)

Talanites tibialis Platnick & Ovtsharenko, 1991: 116 (misplaced in the genus)

Talanites ubicki Platnick & Ovtsharenko, 1991 | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028019

Talanites ubicki Platnick & Ovtsharenko, 1991: 120, f. 3-4 (Df) Original description

Talanites ubicki Ubick & Moody, 1995: 211, f. 3-4 (Dm)