Zelotes zellensis Grimm, 1982
Description
Male
Pedipalp: tibial apophysis straight. Embolus long, S-shaped. Opisthosoma with large, dark brown scutum.
Body length male: 4.0-5.0 mmFemale
Epigyne with lateral cuticular ridges, distance between ridges anteriorly: 1/5 of distance between ear-shaped bulges. Prosoma brown-black. Legs brighter than prosoma. Opisthosoma brown-black.
Body length female: 4.5-5.6 mmAdditional information
In dwarf shrub heath, under stones in the daytime, in the Alps up to 1800 m
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Muster & Thaler 2000)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Muster & Thaler 2000)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Trotta 2023)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Trotta 2023)
Embolic tooth, dorsal view
(Muster & Thaler 2000)
Embolic division, ventral view
(Muster & Thaler 2000)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Muster & Thaler 2000)
Epigyne
(Pantini et al. 2020b)
Epigyne
(Grimm 1985)
Epigyne
(Trotta 2023)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Muster & Thaler 2000)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Pantini et al. 2020b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Grimm 1985)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Trotta 2023)
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.
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) 
Blick T, Finch O-D, Harms K H, Kiechle J, Kielhorn K-H , Kreuels M, Malten A, Martin D, Muster C, Nährig D, Platen R, Rödel I, Scheidler M, Staudt A, Stumpf H, Tolke D (2016) Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae) Deutschlands. 3. Fassung, Stand April 2008, einzelne Änderungen und Nachträge bis August 2015. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 70/4: 383-510
Dimitrov D (1993) New and [rare] spiders (Araneae) to the fauna of Bulgaria. Proceedings of the Second National Scientific Conference of Entomology, Sofia: 73-76
Grimm U (1985) Die Gnaphosidae Mitteleuropas (Arachnida, Araneae). Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF) 26: 1-318
Muster C, Thaler K (2000) Das Männchen von Zelotes zellensis Grimm (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 107: 579-589
Pantini P, Mazzoleni F, Gobbi M, Pedrotti L (2020b) Ragni (Arachnida, Araneae) di interesse biogeografico e conservazionistico nel parco nazionale dello Stelvio (Italia). Rivista del Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali "Enrico Caffi", Bergamo 33: 23-53
Thaler K, Knoflach B (2004b) Zur Faunistik der Spinnen (Araneae) von Österreich: Gnaphosidae, Thomisidae (Dionycha pro parte). Linzer Biologische Beiträge 36: 417-484
Trotta A (2023) Spiders from Liguria (NW Italy): new and confirmed records (Arachnida: Araneae). Bulletin of Environmental and Life Sciences 5: 44-77
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2