Abstract
The worldwide ground-spider genus Drassodes is among the most diverse in the family Gnaphosidae, but it currently includes many species which do not show characters typical of Drassodes sensu stricto. The species belonging to the hypocrita-group of Simon, recently transferred to the genus Drassodex, are revised and redescribed: Drassodex hispanus, D. heeri, D. hypocrita, D. fritillifer, D. cervinus and D. validior. Lectotypes are here designated for D. cervinus and D. validior. The subspecies D. hispanus lesserti is also included and elevated to species rank. Three new species are described, D. granja sp. nov. from Spain, D. drescoi sp. nov. and D. simoni sp. nov. from the western part of the Alps. Representatives of Drassodex mainly occur in mountain systems in western Europe.References
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