In synonymy:
Cylphosa Chamberlin, 1939 = Gnaphosa Latreille, 1804 (Ubick & Roth, 1973a: 4)
Drassus Walckenaer, 1805 = Gnaphosa Latreille, 1804 (Simon, 1893a: 383)
Oreognaphosa Lohmander, 1944 = Gnaphosa Latreille, 1804 (Lohmander, 1944: 12, as subgenus)
Pterochroa Benoit, 1977 = Gnaphosa Latreille, 1804 (Murphy, 2007: 8)
Pythonissa C. L. Koch, 1837 = Gnaphosa Latreille, 1804 (Simon, 1893a: 383)
Transferred to other genera:
Gnaphosa canaricola Strand, 1911 -- see Scotognapha
Gnaphosa cinereoplumosa (Simon, 1878) -- see Berlandina
Gnaphosa lindbergi Roewer, 1961 -- see Fedotovia
Gnaphosa passerina (Simon, 1884) -- see Berlandina
Gnaphosa rhodopis L. Koch, 1875 -- see Berlandina
Gnaphosa rufa Denis, 1958 -- see Sosticus
Gnaphosa scutata (Mello-Leitão, 1939) -- see Urozelotes
In synonymy:
Gnaphosa acuaria Schenkel, 1963 = Gnaphosa licenti Schenkel, 1953 (Song, 1987: 338, sub G. denisi)
Gnaphosa adriatica Kulczyński, 1897 = Gnaphosa dolosa Herman, 1879 (Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 9)
Gnaphosa adspersa (Grube, 1861, T from Pterotricha) = Gnaphosa kompirensis Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 (Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 35)
Gnaphosa aeditua Schenkel, 1963 = Gnaphosa licenti Schenkel, 1953 (Song, 1987: 339, sub G. denisi)
Gnaphosa ajdahania Roewer, 1961 = Gnaphosa haarlovi Denis, 1958 (Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 16)
Gnaphosa alberti Schenkel, 1963 = Gnaphosa kansuensis Schenkel, 1936 (Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 34)
Gnaphosa annamita Simon, 1908 = Gnaphosa kompirensis Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 (Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 37)
Gnaphosa auriceps Schenkel, 1953 = Gnaphosa mongolica Simon, 1895 (Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 46)
Gnaphosa baotianmanensis Hu, Wang & Wang, 1991 = Gnaphosa hastata Fox, 1937 (Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004: 99)
Gnaphosa barroisi Simon, 1892 = Gnaphosa dolosa Herman, 1879 (Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 9, but see Levy, 1995: 977)
Gnaphosa berlandi Schenkel, 1963 = Gnaphosa mandschurica Schenkel, 1963 (Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 46)
Gnaphosa bilineata L. Koch, 1879 = Gnaphosa microps Holm, 1939 (Holm, 1973: 103, who suppressed the older name for lack of use)
Gnaphosa bonneti Schenkel, 1963 = Gnaphosa sinensis Simon, 1880 (Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 71)
Gnaphosa braendegaardi Schenkel, 1963 = Gnaphosa mandschurica Schenkel, 1963 (Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 46)
Gnaphosa chaffanjoni Schenkel, 1963 = Gnaphosa mongolica Simon, 1895 (Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 46)
Gnaphosa charitonowi Schenkel, 1963 = Gnaphosa mandschurica Schenkel, 1963 (Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 46)
Gnaphosa corifera Schenkel, 1963 = Gnaphosa mongolica Simon, 1895 (Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 46)
Gnaphosa davidi Schenkel, 1963 = Gnaphosa kompirensis Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 (Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 37)
Gnaphosa denisi Schenkel, 1963 = Gnaphosa licenti Schenkel, 1953 (Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 53)
Gnaphosa distincta Banks, 1898 = Gnaphosa fontinalis Keyserling, 1887 (Platnick & Shadab, 1975a: 54, contra Ubick & Roth, 1973a: 4)
Gnaphosa diversa (Blackwall, 1871, T from Drassodes) = Gnaphosa sericata L. Koch, 1866 (Ubick & Roth, 1973a: 4, but see Platnick & Shadab, 1975a: 7)
Gnaphosa falculata Schenkel, 1963 = Gnaphosa kansuensis Schenkel, 1936 (Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 34)
Gnaphosa gigantea Keyserling, 1887 = Gnaphosa muscorum L. Koch, 1866 (Ubick & Roth, 1973a: 4, after Gertsch, 1935a: 28)
Gnaphosa glandifera Schenkel, 1963 = Gnaphosa mandschurica Schenkel, 1963 (Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 45)
Gnaphosa gosoga Chamberlin, 1928 = Gnaphosa californica Banks, 1904 (Platnick & Shadab, 1975a: 57)
Gnaphosa holmi Tullgren, 1942 (N.B.: identical replacement name provided by Lohmander, 1942: 47) = Gnaphosa orites Chamberlin, 1922 (Holm, 1950: 129)
Gnaphosa holmi Schenkel, 1963 = Gnaphosa mandschurica Schenkel, 1963 (Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 45)
Gnaphosa hortula Roewer, 1955 = Gnaphosa hastata Fox, 1937 (Roewer, 1955c: 363, apparently an erroneous second listing of G. hastata)
Gnaphosa inconspicua (Bryant, 1948, T from Poecilochroa) = Gnaphosa sericata L. Koch, 1866 (Platnick & Shadab, 1981e: 7)
Gnaphosa intermedia Holm, 1939 = Gnaphosa sticta Kulczyński, 1908 (Ovtsharenko & Marusik, 1988: 209)
Gnaphosa koreae Strand, 1907 = Gnaphosa sinensis Simon, 1880 (Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 71)
Gnaphosa kratochvili Schenkel, 1963 = Gnaphosa sinensis Simon, 1880 (Song, 1987: 339)
Gnaphosa labradorensis Fox, 1938 = Gnaphosa orites Chamberlin, 1922 (Ubick & Roth, 1973a: 4)
Gnaphosa laeta Kulczyński, 1897 = Gnaphosa modestior Kulczyński, 1897 (Řezáč et al., 2018a: 291)
Gnaphosa lapponum inermis Strand, 1899 = Gnaphosa lapponum L. Koch, 1866 (Nentwig et al., 2019: 39)
Gnaphosa lesserti Schenkel, 1963 = Gnaphosa similis Kulczyński, 1926 (Marusik & Omelko, 2014b: 27, contra Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 42, who considered it as S of G. muscorum)
Gnaphosa luctifica Simon, 1880 = Gnaphosa dolosa Herman, 1879 (Déjean, 2015c: 81)
Gnaphosa martae Schenkel, 1963 = Gnaphosa sinensis Simon, 1880 (Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 71)
Gnaphosa mima Chamberlin, 1933 = Gnaphosa borea Kulczyński, 1908 (Ovtsharenko & Marusik, 1988: 207)
Gnaphosa molesta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 = Gnaphosa badia L. Koch, 1866 (Danflous, Crowther & Simmons, 2020: 8)
Gnaphosa monteserra Wunderlich, 2015 = Gnaphosa artaensis Wunderlich, 2011 (Wunderlich, 2017b: 314)
Gnaphosa mulaiki Chamberlin, 1936 = Gnaphosa clara Keyserling, 1887 (Platnick & Shadab, 1975a: 12)
Gnaphosa nigra Kulczyński, 1926 = Gnaphosa nigerrima L. Koch, 1877 (Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 81)
Gnaphosa orchymonti Giltay, 1932 = Gnaphosa dolosa Herman, 1879 (Bosmans, 2013: 182)
Gnaphosa peon Chamberlin, 1925 = Gnaphosa sericata L. Koch, 1866 (Platnick & Shadab, 1975a: 61)
Gnaphosa plebeja Thorell, 1875 = Gnaphosa badia L. Koch, 1866 (Roewer, 1955c: 361)
Gnaphosa proxima Kulczyński, 1908 = Gnaphosa gracilior Kulczyński, 1901 (Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 49)
Gnaphosa pseudolapponica Strand, 1904 = Gnaphosa lapponum L. Koch, 1866 (Aakra, 2009: 18)
Gnaphosa pseudomongolica Schenkel, 1963 = Gnaphosa gracilior Kulczyński, 1901 (Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 49, contra Hu & Wu, 1989: 271)
Gnaphosa punctata Kulczyński, 1901 = Gnaphosa mongolica Simon, 1895 (Loksa, 1965: 23, sub G. spinosa)
Gnaphosa roeweri Schenkel, 1963 = Gnaphosa kansuensis Schenkel, 1936 (Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 34)
Gnaphosa rudolfi Schenkel, 1963 = Gnaphosa stoliczkai O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 (Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 12)
Gnaphosa schensiensis Schenkel, 1963 = Gnaphosa sinensis Simon, 1880 (Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 71)
Gnaphosa septentrionalis Fox, 1938 = Gnaphosa clara Keyserling, 1887 (Platnick & Shadab, 1975a: 12)
Gnaphosa silvicola Kamura, 1988 = Gnaphosa potanini Simon, 1895 (Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 32)
Gnaphosa soror Herman, 1879 = Gnaphosa lugubris C. L. Koch, 1839 (Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 20)
Gnaphosa spadicea Simon, 1914 = Gnaphosa dolosa Herman, 1879 (Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 9)
Gnaphosa spinosa Kulczyński, 1897 = Gnaphosa mongolica Simon, 1895 (Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 46)
Gnaphosa stuxbergi Holm, 1970 = Gnaphosa orites Chamberlin, 1922 (Ovtsharenko & Marusik, 1988: 208)
Gnaphosa subparvula Fox, 1938 = Gnaphosa borea Kulczyński, 1908 (Platnick & Shadab, 1975a: 39, sub G. mima)
Gnaphosa suchuana Chamberlin, 1924 = Gnaphosa kompirensis Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 (Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 37)
Gnaphosa suspecta Herman, 1879 = Gnaphosa moesta Thorell, 1875 (Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 31)
Gnaphosa taegensis Paik, 1989 = Gnaphosa licenti Schenkel, 1953 (Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 53)
Gnaphosa tarimuensis Hu, 1989 = Gnaphosa gracilior Kulczyński, 1901 (Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 49)
Gnaphosa texana Chamberlin, 1922 = Gnaphosa fontinalis Keyserling, 1887 (Platnick & Shadab, 1975a: 54)
Gnaphosa turkmenica Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992 = Gnaphosa ukrainica Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992 (Kovblyuk, 2005a: 136)
Gnaphosa ustyuzhanini Fomichev, Marusik & Omelko, 2013 = Gnaphosa rasnitsyni Marusik, 1993 (Fomichev & Marusik, 2017b: 78)
Homonyms replaced:
Gnaphosa caucasica Mcheidze, 1997 -- see Gnaphosa mcheidzeae Mikhailov, 1998
Gnaphosa punctata Tullgren, 1942 -- see Gnaphosa muscorum gaunitzi Tullgren, 1955
Gnaphosa zonsteini Fomichev & Marusik, 2017 -- see Gnaphosa serzonshteini Fomichev & Marusik, 2017 Fomichev & Marusik, 2017c
Nomina dubia:
Gnaphosa abnormis Banks, 1898b: 222, pl. 13, f. 15 (f, Mexico) -- Platnick & Shadab, 1975a: 7
Gnaphosa bicolor (Hentz, 1847: 456, pl. 24, f. 4, f, USA, originally in Herpyllus) -- Platnick & Shadab, 1975a: 7
Gnaphosa crassipes Schenkel, 1936b: 262 (j, Mongolia) -- Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 4
Gnaphosa decepta Banks, 1898b: 221, pl. 13, f. 14 (f, Mexico) -- Platnick & Shadab, 1975a: 7
Gnaphosa expilator Drensky, 1929: 12, 64, pl. 1, f. 10-11 (j, Balkans) -- Deltshev, 2003: 143
Gnaphosa fumosa (C. L. Koch, 1843: 118, pl. 356, f. 832, f, Germany, originally in Pythonissa) -- Grimm, 1985: 287
Gnaphosa humilis Banks, 1892a: 19, pl. 1, f. 9 (f, USA) -- Platnick & Shadab, 1975a: 7
Gnaphosa immatura Strand, 1942: 396 (j, Britain; replacement name for G. suspecta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879e: 191, preoccupied by Herman, 1879, see Gnaphosa moesta) -- Bristowe, 1941: 529
Gnaphosa kankhalae Biswas & Roy, 2008: 53, f. 3-15 (f, India) -- Sherwood & Caleb, 2024: 114
Gnaphosa multispinosa Schenkel, 1936b: 261 (j, Mongolia) -- Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 4
Gnaphosa nana (C. L. Koch, 1843: 119, pl. 356, f. 833, f, Germany, originally in Pythonissa) -- Grimm, 1985: 287
Gnaphosa nigella L. Koch, 1878b: 39, pl. 1, f. 1 (f, Armenia) -- Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 4
Gnaphosa subrufula Strand, 1907m: 396 (j, Russia/Europe) -- Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992: 4
Gnaphosa thorelli (Lebert, 1877: 236, mf, Switzerland, originally in Pythonissa) -- Grimm, 1985: 287