Zelotes electus (C. L. Koch, 1839)
Description
Male palp with weakly pronounced keel. Embolus short and robust. Epigyne with lateral protrusion of posterior cuticular bar overlapping median protrusion posteriorly. Prosoma yellow-brown to light orange, with dark margin. Legs distally black-brown. Opisthosoma with dark brown scuticula, yellow brown to light orange.
Body length male: 3-5 mmBody length female: 3.2-5.6 mm
Additional information
In xerothermic habitats like steppes, dry meadows and dunes, under stones and in litter layer
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Brændegaard 1966)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Brændegaard 1966)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Jäger 1998b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Miller 1967)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Jäger 1995a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1995)
Pedipalp
(Noordam 1992)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Ponomarev & Shmatko 2019a)
Pedipalp, ventro-retrolateral view
(Ponomarev & Shmatko 2019a)
Bulbus, ventral view
(Ponomarev & Shmatko 2019a)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Vulva
(Miller 1967)
Vulva
(Jézéquel 1962a)
Vulva
(Tullgren 1946)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Ponomarev & Shmatko 2019a)
Vulva, ventral view
(Ponomarev & Shmatko 2019a)
Distribution List
References
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