What is "ground spider"

alt. 1 (&lit ground spider) 2 Any of very many spiders, of the family ''(taxlink Gnaphosidae family noshow=1)'', that hunt their prey instead of building a web to catch them. n. 1 (&lit ground spider) 2 Any of very many spiders, of the family ''(taxlink Gnaphosidae family noshow=1)'', that hunt their prey instead of building a web to catch them.

Ground spiders (family Gnaphosidae) include nearly 2,000 described species in over 100 genera, distributed worldwide. This makes the family the seventh largest known. New species are still being discovered. They are closely related to Clubionidae.

Common genera include Gnaphosa, Drassodes, Micaria, Cesonia, Zelotes and many others.

There are 105 species known to central Europe.