Zelotes criniger Denis, 1937
Description
Male
Prosoma brown. Prosoma length: 1.76 mm, prosoma width: 1.33 mm. Legs brown, femora darker. Opisthosoma black, scutum occupying 40% of opisthosoma length.
Body length male: 4.2 mmFemale
Prosoma length: 1.8 mm, prosoma width: 1.28 mm.
Body length female: 3.2-3.9 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Di Franco 1987)
Pedipalp
(Di Franco 1987)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Crespo 2008)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Crespo 2008)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Senglet 2011)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Senglet 2011)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Senglet 2011)
Bulbus, apical view
(Senglet 2011)
Epigyne
(Deltshev et al. 2006)
Epigyne
(Di Franco 1987)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Senglet 2011)
Epigyne
(Lozano 2018)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Deltshev et al. 2006)
Vulva
(Di Franco 1987)
Vulva, ventral view
(Senglet 2011)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Senglet 2011)
Vulva, ventral view
(Lozano 2018)
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
Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Crespo L (2008) Contribution to the knowledge of the Portuguese spider (Arachnida: Araneae) fauna: seven new additions to the Portuguese checklist. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa 43: 403-407
Deltshev C, Bosmans R, De Spiegelaere W, Provoost L (2006) Zelotes balcanicus sp. n., a new and widespread species from the Balkan Peninsula (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 113: 711-716
Di Franco F (1987) Gnaphosidae (Arachnida, Araneae) dell'Isola di Salina (Isole Eolie). Animalia 13: 137-157
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
Lozano J A (2018) Contribución al conocimiento de las Arañas (Araneae) de la provincia de Badajoz (Extremadura, España). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 32: 21-30
Senglet A (2011) New species in the Zelotes tenuis-group and new or little known species in other Zelotes groups (Gnaphosidae, Araneae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 118: 513-559
WSC (2025) World Spider Catalog. Version 26. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (28.2.2025) doi: 10.24436/2