Zelotes callidus (Simon, 1878)
Description
Male
Embolus short, embolar base with strong prolateral hook, retrolateral tibial apophysis shorter than tibia. Prosoma yellow-brown. Legs yellow-brown. Opisthosoma: dorsum blackish, covered with black bristles, venter whitish, with black hairs.
Body length male: 6-8.4 mmFemale
Anterior epigynal margin much narrower than the epigynal plate length, both anterior anchor pockets sometimes fused to form a single bow. Colouration as in males.
Body length female: 5.7-6.8 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp in detail
(Bosmans & Van Keer 2012a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans & Van Keer 2012a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans & Van Keer 2012a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Senglet 2004)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Senglet 2004)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Gaymard & Lecigne 2018)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Gaymard & Lecigne 2018)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Gaymard & Lecigne 2018)
Apical part of bulbus
(Simon 1914)
Tibial apophysis
(Simon 1914)
Epigyne
(Di Franco 1997a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(L. Koch 1882)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosmans & Van Keer 2012a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Senglet 2004)
Epigyne
(Rehfeldt & Cassar 2024)
Vulva
(Di Franco 1997a)
Vulva
(Bosmans & Van Keer 2012a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Senglet 2004)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Rehfeldt & Cassar 2024)
Distribution List
References
Beladjal L, Bouseksou S, Kherbouche-Abrous O, Alioua Y, Bosmans R (2025) First exhaustive catalog of spiders of Algeria (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5598: 1-185 
Benhalima S, Bosmans R (2024) First historical checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Morocco, between 1840–2024. Zootaxa 5555: 407-535
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)
Bosmans R, Van Keer J (2012a) On the spider species described by L. Koch in 1882 from the Balearic Islands (Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 43: 5-16
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Denis J (1952d) Notes d'aranéologie marocaine. I. Les Zelotes du Maroc. Revue Française d'Entomologie 19: 113-126
Di Franco F (1997a) Contributo alla conoscenza dei ragni dell'Italia centrale. Gli Gnaphosidae dei Monti della Tolfa (Lazio) (Araneae). Fragmenta Entomologica 29: 253-266
Gaymard M, Lecigne S (2018) Contribution à la connaissance de l'aranéofaune (Araneae) du Gard et en particulier du massif des Gorges du Gardon (Occitanie, France). Bulletin de l'Association Française d'Arachnologie 1: 1-39
Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204
Koch L (1882) Zoologische Ergebnisse von excursionen auf den Balearen. II: Arachniden und Myriapoden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 31: 625-678
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Rehfeldt S, Cassar T (2024) A contribution to the arachnofauna (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones) of the Maltese Islands, with two new records for Europe. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 67: 18-47
Senglet A (2004) Copulatory mechanisms in Zelotes, Drassyllus and Trachyzelotes (Araneae, Gnaphosidae), with additional faunistic and taxonomic data on species from southwest Europe. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 77: 87-119
Simon E (1914) Les arachnides de France 6 (1). Paris (Roret): 1-308
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 10-08-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |
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| 17-06-2024 | Distribution update | Detail |
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| 14-07-2022 | Distribution update | Detail |
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| 30-09-2015 | Distribution update | Detail |
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| 19-03-2013 | Distribution update | Detail |