Gnaphosidae  Banks, 1892 / Zelotes  Gistel, 1848   127 species

Zelotes babunaensis  (Drensky, 1929)

Description
Male

Prosoma yellow-brown, with faint blackish markings. Prosoma length: 2.5 mm, prosoma width: 1.90 mm. Legs blackish to middle of femora, tarsi yellow-brown. Opisthosoma blackish, scutum occupying 1/5 of opisthosoma length.

Body length male: 6.33 mm
Female

Prosoma length: 2.2 mm, prosoma width: 1.60 mm. Colouration as in males.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): North Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, Iran
Phenology
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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.

Greece   (no references) ||| Greece / Crete   (Bosmans et al., 2013) ||| North Macedonia   (Deltshev et al., 2013) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Coşar & Danışman, 2019; Danışman et al., 2024) |||
References

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147 pdf

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

Coşar İ, Danışman T (2019) A new Zelotes record from Turkey (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Serket 17: 58-60 pdf

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2024) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2024 [last updated 01 January 2024], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info pdf

Deltshev C, Komnenov M, Blagoev G, Georgiev T, Lazarov S, Stojkoska E, Naumova M (2013) Faunistic diversity of spiders (Araneae) in Galichitsa Mountain (FYR Macedonia). Biodiversity Data Journal 1(e977): 1-70 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 (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
21-11-2022 Distribution update Detail
11-11-2019 Distribution update Detail
10-12-2013 Image insert
03-12-2013 Datasheet update Detail
03-12-2013 Image insert
15-10-2013 Distribution update Detail
24-09-2013 Distribution update Detail