Zelotes atrocaeruleus (Simon, 1878)
Description
Bulbus with conspicuous apophysis anterior to keel. Vulva with cuticular bar, much shorter than the distance between the ear-shaped structures. Body colour brown-black to black. Opisthosoma with dark brown scuticula.
Body length male: 5.6-8.1 mmBody length female: 5.9-8.1 mm
Additional information
steppes, dry meadows
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Miller 1967)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Miller 1967)
Pedipalp
(Miller 1967)
Pedipalp
(Miller 1967)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Senglet 2011)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Senglet 2011)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Grimm 1985)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Grimm 1985)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Senglet 2011)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Senglet 2011)
Epigyne
(Grimm 1985)
Vulva
(Miller 1967)
Vulva
(Jézéquel 1962a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Senglet 2011)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Senglet 2011)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Grimm 1985)
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
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