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Urozelotes rusticus

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Urozelotes rusticus is a species in the family Gnaphosidae, order Araneae. Recorded adults reach 7.42 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 10 countries, including Argentina, Brazil and Chile.

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Quick facts about Urozelotes rusticus

Weight
Not recorded
Length
7.42 mm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Resting metabolic rate
0.0431 mW
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
10 countriessrc for Countries on record

How big is Urozelotes rusticus?

UROZELOTES RUSTICUS · LENGTH 7.42 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 7.42 mm, the recorded maximum length of the urozelotes rusticus is about 0.4% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does Urozelotes rusticus 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.

Urozelotes rusticus is listed for 10 countries.

ArgentinaChileSouth AfricaMexicoUruguayBrazilGuatemalaIsraelIndiaJapan
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Argentina
  2. Brazil
  3. Chile
  4. Guatemala
  5. India
  6. Israel
  7. Japan
  8. Mexico
  9. South Africa
  10. Uruguay

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Urozelotes rusticus as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. Canada
  2. Germany
  3. South Africa

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Urozelotes rusticus 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 Urozelotes rusticus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderAraneae
  5. familyGnaphosidae
  6. genusUrozelotes
  7. SpeciesUrozelotes rusticus (L. Koch, 1872)

Synonyms Camillina amnicola, Camillina gigas, Drassodes agelastus, Drassodes malodes, Drassodes pater, Drassodes rotundifoveatus, Drassus agelastus, Drassus cerdo, Drassus razoumowskyi, Drassyllus abdalbus, Drassyllus blandus, Drassyllus femoralis, Drassyllus liopus, Gnaphosa scutata, Haplodrassus magister, Latonigena agelasta, Melanophora pacifica, Melanophora porteri, Melanophora rustica, Melanophora rustica orientalis, Prosthesima blanda, Prosthesima completa, Prosthesima larifuga, Prosthesima lutea, Prosthesima minima, Prosthesima pallida, Prosthesima rustica, Scotophaeus blepharotrichus, Urozelotes abdalbus, Urozelotes agelastus, Urozelotes amnicola, Urozelotes blandus, Urozelotes blepharotrichus, Urozelotes cardiogynus, Urozelotes completus, Urozelotes femoralis, Urozelotes gigas, Urozelotes keyserlingi, Urozelotes liopus, Urozelotes luteus, Urozelotes magister, Urozelotes malodes, Urozelotes pacificus, Urozelotes pater, Urozelotes paulistus, Urozelotes porteri, Urozelotes rotundifoveatus, Urozelotes rustica, Urozelotes scutatus, Zelotes blandus, Zelotes completus, Zelotes femoralis, Zelotes keyserlingi, Zelotes luteus, Zelotes pallidus, Zelotes paulistus, Zelotes porteri, Zelotes razoumovskyi, Zelotes razoumowskyi, Zelotes rusticus, Zelotes scutatus

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • skálovka červenáCzech
  • HausplattbauchspinneGerman
  • カバキケムリグモJapanese
  • 주황염라거미Korean
  • Bleke kampootDutch
  • Зилот деревенскийRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Urozelotes rusticus

Other species in the same genus Urozelotes.

CompareUrozelotes rusticus vs Urozelotes clarusUrozelotes rusticus vs Urozelotes kabengeUrozelotes rusticus vs Urozelotes mysticusUrozelotes rusticus vs Urozelotes patulusus

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is Urozelotes rusticus?

An adult Urozelotes rusticus measures 7.42 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does Urozelotes rusticus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Urozelotes rusticus for 10 countries, including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Guatemala and India. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is Urozelotes rusticus an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Urozelotes rusticus as introduced in 3 countries: Canada, Germany and South Africa, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Urozelotes rusticus?

Urozelotes rusticus (Urozelotes rusticus) 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). Urozelotes rusticus (Urozelotes rusticus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/urozelotes-rusticus

MLA

“Urozelotes rusticus (Urozelotes rusticus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/urozelotes-rusticus.

BibTeX
@misc{urozelotes_rusticus_2026,
  title = {Urozelotes rusticus (Urozelotes rusticus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/urozelotes-rusticus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}