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Genus: Haplodrassus Chamberlin, 1922 | Family: Gnaphosidae Banks, 1892

Haplodrassus sesquidentatus (Purcell, 1908)

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Described:

Distribution: South Africa

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Syntype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019) Drassodes sesquidentatus Purcell, 1908, (28342–43) -

Taxonomic References

Drassodes sesquidentatus Purcell, 1908: 235, pl. 11, f. 13-14 (Dmf) Original description

Drassodes sesquidentatus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021B: 69, 6 f. (mf)

Haplodrassus sesquidentatus Marusik & Haddad, 2025: 82 (T from Drassodes)

References

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2021B). The Gnaphosidae of South Africa. part 1 (A-D). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 77 pp. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.7197174 -- Show included taxa

Marusik, Y. M. & Haddad, C. R. (2025). On the placement and affiliations of the Drassodes species described from sub-Saharan Africa (Aranei: Gnaphosidae). Arthropoda Selecta 34(1): 77-85. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.34.1.07 -- Show included taxa

Purcell, W. F. (1908). Araneae (I). In: Schultze, L. (ed.): Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika. Erster Band: Systematik und Tiergeographie. Zweite Lieferung. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 13: 203-246, pl. 11. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Comment
2025-03-26	New taxonomic reference entry	Marusik & Haddad, 2025
2025-03-26	Species transferred to new genus	Marusik & Haddad, 2025	Species transferred from Drassodes to Haplodrassus
2023-02-24	New taxonomic reference entry	Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021B