Tivodrassus

Tivodrassus is a genus of Mexican ground spiders that was first described by Ralph Vary Chamberlin & Vaine Wilton Ivie in 1936.[2] Originally placed with the long-spinneret ground spiders, it was transferred to the ground spiders in 2018.[3]

Tivodrassus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Gnaphosidae
Subfamily:	Prodidominae
Genus:	Tivodrassus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936[1]
Type species
T. ethophor Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936
Species
4, see text

Species

As of June 2019 it contains four species, found only in Mexico:[1]

• Tivodrassus ethophor Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 (type) – Mexico
• Tivodrassus farias Platnick & Shadab, 1976 – Mexico
• Tivodrassus pecki Platnick & Shadab, 1976 – Mexico
• Tivodrassus reddelli Platnick & Shadab, 1976 – Mexico

See also

• List of Gnaphosidae species

References

1. "Gen. Tivodrassus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
2. Chamberlin, R. V.; Ivie, W. (1936). "New spiders from Mexico and Panama". Bulletin of the University of Utah. 27 (5): 1–103.
3. Azevedo, G. H. F; Griswold, C. E.; Santos, A. J. (2018). "Systematics and evolution of ground spiders revisited (Araneae, Dionycha, Gnaphosidae)". Cladistics. 34 (6): 614. doi:10.1111/cla.12226.