Drassodes cupreus (Blackwall, 1834)
(a ground spider)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDrassodes cupreus (a ground spider)
GenusDrassodes (a genus of ground spiders)
FamilyGNAPHOSIDAE (ground spiders)
OrderARANEAE (spiders)
ClassARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.)
SubphylumCHELICERATA (a subphylum of arthropods)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Drassodes cupreus (a ground spider) :
1: Drassodes cupreus (a ground spider)
18 Jul 2007 OSGR: SH71 52° 40’ N, 3° 50’ W Vice County: Merioneth (VC 48) Wales
Female, in silken cell, under stone in dry streambed on steep hillside
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - grey backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - hunched up - pale backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - walking - pale backgroundImage 4: Female - dorso-lateral viewImage 5: Female - in opened nest under stoneImage 6: Female - in opened nest under stone - close-upImage 7: Female - latero-dorsal viewImage 8: Female - latero-dorsal view - pale backgroundImage 9: Female - opisthosoma - ventral view - grey backgroundImage 10: Female - ventral view - grey backgroundImage 11: Female - ventral view - grey background (2)Image 12: Face - showing eyes and chelicerae - highly enlargedImage 13: Face - showing eyes - highly enlargedImage 14: Face - showing eyes, palps and chelicerae - highly enlargedImage 15: Female - cephalothorax - ventral view - highly enlargedImage 16: Female - epigyne - magnifiedImage 17: Female - epigyne - magnified (2)Image 18: Female - opisthosoma base with epigyne - magnifiedImage 19: Female - epigyne - microscope low magnification

Drassodes cupreus (a ground spider) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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