Herpyllus

Herpyllus is a genus of spiders in the family Gnaphosidae. Herpyllus spiders have been sighted 179 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Herpyllus includes 2 countries and 36 states in the United States. Herpyllus is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of May.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Herpyllus

Other Common Names

Stealthy Ground Spiders, Flat-bellied Ground Spiders, Ground Spiders, Parson Spiders (some species)

Author

Nicholas Marcellus Hentz, 1832

Sightings Overview

There have been 179 confirmed sightings of Herpyllus, with the most recent sighting submitted on January 3, 2026 by Spider ID member 1username. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 179 sightings because of certain Herpyllus sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 3% of the time, Herpyllus spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 179)
Sex: 2 female and 1 male.
Environment: Herpyllus has been sighted 7 times outdoors, and 172 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (5). Ground layer (2).

Location and Range

Herpyllus has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, United States.

Herpyllus has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Washington, D.C., West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.