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title: "Western Parson Spider"
description: "Herpyllus propinquus — Insekten & Spinnen. Herpyllus propinquus, the western parson spider, is a species of ground spider in the family Gnaphosidae that occurs in North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/western-parson-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Western Parson Spider

> Herpyllus propinquus — Insekten & Spinnen. Herpyllus propinquus, the western parson spider, is a species of ground spider in the family Gnaphosidae that occurs in North America.

- Scientific name: *Herpyllus propinquus*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 3596
- Wikidata: [Q3101818](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3101818)
- iNaturalist taxon: [221218](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/221218)

## Names

- en: Western Parson Spider

## Countries with the most observations

US (1922), MX (10)

## Summary

Herpyllus propinquus, the western parson spider, is a species of ground spider in the family Gnaphosidae that occurs in North America.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpyllus_propinquus

## Photo

![Western Parson Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/western-parson-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: msieges · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/60755466

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/western-parson-spider?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).