Zelotes mundus (Kulczyński, 1897)
Description
Male
Pedipalp: embolus short, thick and only weakly bent. Prosoma length: 1.48 - 1.75 mm, prosoma width: 1.13-1.38 mm. Colouration: dark brown to black, metatarsi and tarsi lighter. Opisthosoma with shiny brown scutum, covering approx. one third of opisthosoma length.
Female
Prosoma length: 1.65-1.82 mm, prosoma width: 1.3-1.38 mm. Colouration as in males.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Esyunin & Efimik 1997)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bauchhenss et al. 1997)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bauchhenss et al. 1997)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Platnick & Song 1986)
Apical part of bulbus
(Esyunin & Efimik 1997)
Bulbus, prolateral view
(Bauchhenss et al. 1997)
Embolic division, prolateral-ventral view
(Bauchhenss et al. 1997)
Terminal apophysis
(Esyunin & Efimik 1997)
Palpal tibia, lateral view
(Esyunin & Efimik 1997)
Pedicel, retrolateral view
(Platnick & Song 1986)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Esyunin & Efimik 1997)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Bauchhenss et al. 1997)
Epigyne
(Platnick & Song 1986)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Bauchhenss et al. 1997)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Platnick & Song 1986)
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
Bauchhenss E, Weiss I, Toth F (1997) Neufunde von Zelotes mundus (Kulczyński, 1897) mit Beschreibung des Weibchens. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 13: 43-47 
Blagoev G (2002) Check list of Macedonian spiders (Araneae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 54: 9-34
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Esyunin S L, Efimik V E (1997) Remarks on the Ural spider fauna, 6. New data on the taxonomy and faunistics of gnaphosid spiders of the south Urals (Arachnida Aranei Gnaphosidae). Arthropoda Selecta 5(3/4): 105-111
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
Krajča A, Krumpálová Z, Krumpál M (2004) First records of the epigeic spider Zelotes mundus (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) in Slovakia. Biologia, Bratislava 59/Suppl. 15: 33-34
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Platnick N I, Song D X (1986) A review of the Zelotine spiders (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) of China. American Museum Novitates 2848: 1-22
Polchaninova N Y, Prokopenko E V (2013) Catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of Left-Bank Ukraine. Arthropoda Selecta (Suppl.) 2: 1-268
Polchaninova N, Prokopenko E (2019) An updated checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Left-Bank Ukraine. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 60-64 & App
Ponomarev A V (2022) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the southeast of the Russian Plain: catalogue, the fauna specific features. SSC RAS Publishers, Rostov-on-Don, 640 pp.
Řezáč M, Růžička V, Hula V, Dolanský J, Machač O, Roušar A (2021) Spiders newly observed in Czechia in recent years – overlooked or invasive species? BioInvasions Records 10: 555-566
Růžička V (2017) Pavouci České republiky. Spiders of the Czech Republic. Pavouk 42: 2-4
Růžička V, Řezáč M (2022a) Seznam pavouků České republiky. List of spiders of the Czech Republic. Online at https://www.arachnology.cz/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html and https://www.arachnology.cz/en/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html
Samu F, Szinetár C (1999) Bibliographic check list of the Hungarian spider fauna. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 161-184
Schmidt M H, Hänggi A (2007) Zelotes mundus (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) in the Camargue: a continental species reaches the western Mediterranean coast. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 14: 27-29
Tuneva T K, Esyunin S L (2003a) A review of the Gnaphosidae fauna of the Urals (Aranei), 3. New species and new records, chiefly from the south Urals. Arthropoda Selecta 11: 223-234
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2