Description Of Six New Species Of Spiders Of The Genera Lathys (Family: Dictynidae), Marpissa (Family: Salticidae), Misumenoides (Family: Thomisidae), Agroeca (Family: Clubionidae), Gnaphosa (Family: Gnaphosidae) And Flanona (Family: Lycosidae) - From India Author Biswas, Bijan Author Roy, Rakhi text Records of the Zoological Survey of India 2008 108 1 43 57 http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/108/01/0043-0057.pdf journal article 10.5281/zenodo.556084 369787f4-96b4-48e0-90e2-3d1f44785c64 556084 Genus Gnaphosa Latreille 1804. Gnaphosa Latreille, Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., 24: 134. 1948. Gnaphosa: Kaston , Bull. Conn. St. goel. nat. Hist. Surv., 70: 1-87. 1966. Gnaphosa: Tikader , Ree. Indian Mus., 59 (4): 439. 1982. Gnaphosa: Tikader , Fauna of India, Araneae : Spiders, 2(2): 329. Diagnosis: Cephalothorax nearly oval and broader in front, not attenuated. Pattern of widening streaks diverging from short fovea. Anterior row of eyes procurved occupying one third to one-half width of head. Posterior row considerably longer than anterior row and rather strongly recurved, madians irregular in outline, larger than laterals and further than each other. Sternum oval, pointed behind. Chelicerae not strong, inner margin with a prominent chitinous ridge, whose edge is concave and serrated. Outer margin with two teeth. Legs uniform in colour as carapace. Abdomen black or deep brown with generally six faint marks or impressions dorsally. Male palp with a strong single tibial apophysis. Type-species: Gnaphosa lucifuga (Wa1ckenaer) Distribution : Europe, Asia, Africa, America.