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Gnaphosid (Ground Spider), is a group of spiders in the family Gnaphosidae (Stealthy Ground Spiders), and is the seventh largest spider family with over 2,000 described species in over 100 genera distributed worldwide.

Identification was based on:

…tubular spinnerets, reflective PME, chelicerae unmodified.

This specimen was observed in an urban garden in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory.

Gnaphosid (Ground Spider), family Gnaphosidae, Alice Springs NT
Gnaphosid (Ground Spider), family Gnaphosidae, Alice Springs NT
Gnaphosid (Ground Spider), family Gnaphosidae, Alice Springs NT
Gnaphosid (Ground Spider), family Gnaphosidae, Alice Springs NT

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Chelicerata
  • Class: Arachnida
  • Order: Araneae
  • Infraorder: Araneomorphae
  • Family: Gnaphosidae

Footnote & References
  1. Many thanks to Ethan Yeoman for ID, member of Australian spider identification page, Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/groups/australianspidereducation/
  2. Many thanks for ID to Ben Kurek (benkurek__, iNaturalistAU, Observation https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/238315221
  3. Stealthy Ground Spiders (Family Gnaphosidae), iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/50168-Gnaphosidae

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