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Drassyllus pusillus

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Drassyllus pusillus is a species in the family Gnaphosidae, order Araneae. Recorded adults reach 5.5 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Ukraine.

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Quick facts about Drassyllus pusillus

Weight
Not recorded
Length
3.5 mm – 5.5 mm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forest, grassland
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is Drassyllus pusillus?

DRASSYLLUS PUSILLUS · LENGTH 5.5 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 5.5 mm, the recorded maximum length of the drassyllus pusillus is about 0.3% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does Drassyllus pusillus live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Drassyllus pusillus is listed for 1 country.

Ukraine
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Ukraine

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Drassyllus pusillus endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Drassyllus pusillus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderAraneae
  5. familyGnaphosidae
  6. genusDrassyllus
  7. SpeciesDrassyllus pusillus (C. L. Koch, 1833)

Synonyms Aranea nigrita, Drassus pusillus, Drassyllus nigritus, Drassyllus nitidus, Drassylus pusillus, Melanophora nigrita, Melanophora pusilla, Prosthesima nigrita, Prosthesima nitida, Prosthesima pusilla, Zelotes nitidus, Zelotes pusillus

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • skálovka menšíCzech
  • DværgpanterDanish
  • Kleines KammbeinGerman
  • hietaviuhukkiFinnish
  • sørgesilkeedderkoppNorwegian Bokmål
  • Kleine kampootDutch
  • драссилюс мелкийRussian
  • skaliarka menšiaSlovak
  • dvärgsvartspindelSwedish
  • DværgninjaDanish
  • Драссиллус-крохаRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Drassyllus pusillus

Other species in the same genus Drassyllus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is Drassyllus pusillus?

An adult Drassyllus pusillus measures 3.5 mm – 5.5 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does Drassyllus pusillus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Drassyllus pusillus for 1 country: Ukraine. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Drassyllus pusillus?

Drassyllus pusillus (Drassyllus pusillus) belongs to the family Gnaphosidae in the order Araneae.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Drassyllus pusillus (Drassyllus pusillus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/drassyllus-pusillus

MLA

“Drassyllus pusillus (Drassyllus pusillus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/drassyllus-pusillus.

BibTeX
@misc{drassyllus_pusillus_2026,
  title = {Drassyllus pusillus (Drassyllus pusillus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/drassyllus-pusillus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}