Drassodes is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Niklas Westring in 1851. They are brown, gray, and red spiders that live under rocks or bark in mostly dry habitats, and are generally long, but can reach up to in length. Species it contains 162 species: D. adisensis Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia D. affinis (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile D. afghanus Roewer, 1961 – Afghanistan D. albicans (Simon, 1878) – Mediterranean D. andamanensis Tikader, 1977 – India (Andaman Is.) D. andorranus Denis, 1938 – Andorra D. angulus Platnick & Shadab, 1976 – USA D. arapensis Strand, 1908 – Peru D. archibensis Ponomarev & Alieva, 2008 – Russia (Caucasus) D. assimilatus (Blackwall, 1865) – Canary Is., Cape Verde Is. D. astrologus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) – India D. auriculoides Barrows, 1919 – USA D. auritus Schenkel, 1963 – Russia (Europe), Kazakhstan, China D. bechuanicus Tucker, 1923 – South Africa D. bendamiranus Roewer, 1961 – Afghanistan D. bicurvatus Roewer, 1961 – Afghanistan D. bifidus Kovblyuk & Seyyar, 2009 – Turkey D. brachythelis (Thorell, 1890) – Indonesia (Sumatra) D. braendegaardi Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya D. caffrerianus Purcell, 1907 – South Africa D. calceatus Purcell, 1907 – South Africa D. cambridgei Roewer, 1951 – India D. canaglensis Caporiacco, 1927 – Italy D. carinivulvus Caporiacco, 1934 – India D. caspius Ponomarev & Tsvetkov, 2006 – Turkey, Russia (Europe, Caucasus), Kazakhstan D. cerinus Simon, 1897 – India D. charcoviae (Thorell, 1875) – Ukraine D. charitonovi Tuneva, 2004 – Kazakhstan D. chybyndensis Esyunin & Tuneva, 2002 – Russia (Europe to Central Asia), Kazakhstan, Iran D. clavifemur (Reimoser, 1935) – India (Karakorum, Kashmir) D. crassipalpus (Roewer, 1961) – Afghanistan D. cupa Tuneva, 2004 – Kazakhstan D. cupreus (Blackwall, 1834) – Europe, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Russia (Europe to Far East) D. dagestanus Ponomarev & Alieva, 2008 – Russia (Caucasus) D. daliensis Yang & Song, 2003 – China D. delicatus (Blackwall, 1867) – India D. deoprayagensis Tikader & Gajbe, 1975 – India D. depilosus Dönitz & Strand, 1906 – Japan D. deserticola Simon, 1893 – Algeria, Libya D. difficilis (Simon, 1878) – Spain, France, Italy, Turkey? D. dispulsoides Schenkel, 1963 – China D. distinctus (Lucas, 1846) – Algeria D. dregei Purcell, 1907 – South Africa D. drydeni Petrunkevitch, 1914 – Myanmar D. ellenae (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) – Philippines D. ereptor Purcell, 1907 – South Africa D. falciger Jézéquel, 1965 – Ivory Coast D. fedtschenkoi (Kroneberg, 1875) – Uzbekistan D.