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Gnaphosidae  Banks, 1892 / Zelotes  Gistel, 1848   128 species

Zelotes strandi  (Nosek, 1905)

Description
Male

Pedipalp: tibial apophysis long, slender and tapering. Terminal apophysis stout with bifid end. Median apophysis concave in the middle. Prosoma and sternum brown. Chelicerae: red-brown, promargin with 3 teeth, retromargin with 2 teeth. Opisthosoma brown.

Body length male: 5.3 mm
Female

Epigyne long and relatively narrow. Colouration as in males.

Body length female: 9.0 mm
Additional information

Up to 1200 m a.s.l., at higher altitudes under stones, near edges of forests and meadows, in lowlands in dry grassland, close to oak forests and dunes. 

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey
Phenology
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Distribution List

"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.

Albania   (Naumova, 2020) ||| Bulgaria   (Blagoev et al., 2018) ||| Greece   (Bosmans & Gavalas, 2023) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Seyyar & Demir, 2020b) ||| Turkey (Europe)   (Seyyar & Demir, 2020b) |||
References

Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018) pdf

Bosmans R, Gavalas I (2023) The spiders (Araneae) of the tiny Greek island Iraklia (Kiklades), with the descriptions of 5 new Harpactea species (Araneae: Dysderidae), 3 species new to Europe and 8 new to Greece. Parnassiana Archives 11 (Suppl. 1): 1-91 pdf

Deltshev C (2013) On the identity of the poorly known spider species Zelotes strandi (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 45: 4-7 pdf

Naumova M (2020) Descriptions of two new spider species, with new data on the Albanian arachnofauna (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Pseudoscorpiones and Scorpiones). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 72: 3-12 pdf

Seyyar O, Demir H (2020b) Further notes on a little known spider species, Zelotes strandi (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Anatolia. Serket 17: 117-120 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
12-03-2024 Distribution insert Detail
17-04-2020 Distribution insert Detail
17-04-2020 Distribution update Detail
28-03-2020 Distribution insert Detail
09-07-2013 Datasheet update Detail
09-07-2013 Image insert
09-07-2013 Distribution update Detail