Gnaphosa lapponum is a ground spider species found across heaths and heath-like terrain in alpine-subalpine zones of Europe (including Iceland) and Russia (European Russia to West Siberia).[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Gnaphosidae |
| Genus: | Gnaphosa |
| Species: | G. lapponum
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| Binomial name | |
| Gnaphosa lapponum (L. Koch, 1866)
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Appearance
editSpecimens have a brown prosoma and opisthosoma, with females larger than males, with respective body lengths of 8-10 mm for female specimens, and 7.5-8.3 mm for males.[1]
Former subspecies
editGnaphosa lapponum inermis was formerly considered a subspecies of Gnaphosa lapponum, but was fully synonymized with the nominate form of the species in 2019.[2][3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Blick, Theo; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Kropf, Christian; Hänggi, Ambros; Kropf, C. (2024). "Gnaphosa lapponum". Spiders of Europe. doi:10.24436/1. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Gloor, Daniel; Jäger, Peter; Kropf, Christian (13 September 2019). "Tackling taxonomic redundancy in spiders: the infraspecific spider taxa described by Embrik Strand (Arachnida: Araneae)". Arachnologische Mitteilungen: Arachnology Letters. 58 (1): 39. doi:10.30963/aramit5809. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2024). "World Spider Catalog". Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 1 January 2024.