Gnaphosidae  Banks, 1892 / Zelotes  Gistel, 1848   132 species

Zelotes chaniaensis Senglet, 2011

Description
Male

Prosoma yellow-brown, with faint marking. Prosoma length, 2.2 mm, prosoma width: 1.66 mm. Legs with faint marking, tarsi yellow-brown. Opisthosoma: scutum occupying 1/4 of opisthosoma length.

Body length male: 5.5 mm
Female

Prosoma length: 2.33 mm, prosoma width: 1.55 mm. Colouration as in males.

Body length female: 5.4 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Greece (Crete), Iran?
Figures
Distribution List
Greece / Crete   (Senglet, 2011) |||
References

Chatzaki M, Thaler K, Mylonas M (2003) Ground spiders (Gnaphosidae; Araneae) from Crete and adjacent areas of Greece. Taxonomy and distribution. III. Zelotes and allied genera. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 110: 45-89 pdf

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 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
10-08-2025 Distribution update Detail
10-12-2013 Image insert
03-12-2013 Datasheet update Detail
03-12-2013 Image insert