Haplodrassus vorax (Strand, 1906)

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Described:

Distribution: Ethiopia

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Type Repository Provide information
  • Holotype: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart (SMNS), Germany type material destroyed 1944 - (Renner, 1988b)
Taxonomic References
Drassodes vorax Strand, 1906b: 609 (Df) Original description
Drassodes vorax Nentwig et al., 2020: 24 (nomen dubium)
Haplodrassus Marusik & Haddad, 2025: 84 (T from Drassodes)
References

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

Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Gloor, D., Jäger, P. & Kropf, C. (2020). How to deal with destroyed type material? The case of Embrik Strand (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 59: 22-29. doi: 10.30963/aramit5904 -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1906b). Diagnosen nordafrikanischer, hauptsächlich von Carlo Freiherr von Erlanger gesammelter Spinnen. Zoologischer Anzeiger 30: 604-637, 655-690. -- Show included taxa

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value 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
2020-03-09 Taxon is nomen dubium Nentwig et al., 2020 Drassodes vorax Strand, 1906 declared a nomen dubium
2020-03-09 New taxonomic reference entry Nentwig et al., 2020

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