Gnaphosa is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804. They all have a serrated keel on the retromargin of each chelicera. Species it contains 148 species: G. aborigena Tyschchenko, 1965 – Kazakhstan G. akagiensis Hayashi, 1994 – Japan G. alacris Simon, 1878 – France, Italy, Croatia, Morocco G. alpica Simon, 1878 – France, Switzerland, Austria G. altudona Chamberlin, 1922 – USA G. antipola Chamberlin, 1933 – USA, Canada G. artaensis Wunderlich, 2011 – Portugal, Spain (Balearic Is.) G. atramentaria Simon, 1878 – France G. azerbaidzhanica Tuneva & Esyunin, 2003 – Azerbaijan G. badia (L. Koch, 1866) – Europe to Azerbaijan G. balearicola Strand, 1942 – Spain (Balearic Is.) G. banini Marusik & Koponen, 2001 – Russia (South Siberia), Mongolia G. basilicata Simon, 1882 – Italy G. belyaevi Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992 – Mongolia G. betpaki Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992 – Russia (Urals), Kazakhstan G. bicolor (Hahn, 1833) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to West Siberia) G. bithynica Kulczyński, 1903 – Greece (Crete), Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Iran G. borea Kulczyński, 1908 – Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East), North America G. brumalis Thorell, 1875 – USA, Canada G. californica Banks, 1904 – USA, Canada G. campanulata Zhang & Song, 2001 – China G. cantabrica Simon, 1914 – Spain, France G. caucasica Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992 – Russia (Caucasus) G. chiapas Platnick & Shadab, 1975 – Mexico G. chihuahua Platnick & Shadab, 1975 – Mexico G. chola Ovtsharenko & Marusik, 1988 – Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East), Mongolia, China G. clara (Keyserling, 1887) – North America G. corticola Simon, 1914 – France G. cumensis Ponomarev, 1981 – Ukraine, Russia (Europe), Kazakhstan, Mongolia G. cyrenaica (Caporiacco, 1949) – Libya G. danieli Miller & Buchar, 1972 – Afghanistan G. dege Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992 – Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, India, China G. dentata Platnick & Shadab, 1975 – USA G. deserta Ponomarev & Dvadnenko, 2011 – Russia (Europe) G. dolanskyi Řezáč, Růžička, Oger & Řezáčová, 2018 – South-eastern Europe, Ukraine, Russia (Europe), Turkey, Caucasus G. dolosa Herman, 1879 – Southern to Eastern Europe, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Caucasus, Russia (Europe) to Central Asia G. donensis Ponomarev, 2015 – Russia (Europe) G. eskovi Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992 – Kazakhstan G. esyunini Marusik, Fomichev & Omelko, 2014 – Mongolia G. eucalyptus Ghafoor & Beg, 2002 – Pakistan G. fagei Schenkel, 1963 –