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

Haplodrassus occultus (Benoit, 1965)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026573

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Described:

Distribution: DR Congo

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Holotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium f (128449) - (Sherwood & Jocqué, 2025a)

Taxonomic References

Allodrassus occultus Benoit, 1965f: 307, f. 12-15 (Df, probably misplaced) Original description

Echemella occulta Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2007: 16 (T from Allodrassus)

Haplodrassus occultus Sherwood & Jocqué, 2025a: 596, 1A-H (f, T from Echemella)

References

Benoit, P. L. G. (1965f). Trois araignées nouvelles provenant de termitières au Congo (Léopoldville). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 72: 302-308. -- Show included taxa

Murphy, J. & Russell-Smith, A. (2007). A revision of the spider genus Echemella Strand 1906 (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Journal of Afrotropical Zoology 3: 15-22, 147 [erratum]. -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D. & Jocqué, R. (2025a). On the generic affiliation of "Echemella" occulta (Benoit, 1965) (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Zootaxa 5711(4): 596-598. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5711.4.9 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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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
2025-10-21	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood & Jocqué, 2025a
2025-10-21	Species transferred to new genus	Sherwood & Jocqué, 2025a		Species transferred from Echemella to Haplodrassus