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Gnaphosidae  Banks, 1892 / Zelotes  Gistel, 1848   132 species

Zelotes pluridentatus Marinaro, 1968

Description
Male

Male unknown.

Female

Prosoma reddish brown, with dark radial stripes. Prosoma length: 2.5 mm. Chelicerae: retromargin with 2 small teeth and a larger tooth. Sternum and legs yellowish red-brown. Opisthosoma: dorsum pale grey, venter almost white.

Body length female: 6.7 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: Mentioned for Sicily by Di Franco (1994d, 1997b), but omitted from the Italian checklist by Pantini & Isaia (2018)
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Algeria
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Distribution List
Algeria   (Benhacene et al., 2023) |||
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 pdf

Bosmans R. (unpubl.) Provisional list of spiders of North Africa. Database excerpt Aug. 2019

Di Franco F (1994d) New reports and remarks on Gnaphosidae (Arachnida, Araneae) of Sicily. Bollettino dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali 26(345): 85-92 pdf

Di Franco F (1997b) New considerations about the gnaphosid fauna of Italy (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Bulletin of the British arachnological Society 10: 242-246 pdf

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 pdf

Marinaro J-Y (1968) Les araignées d'Afrique du Nord. I. Sur une collection de Drassidae à peigne metatarsal d'Algérie. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 92: 687-704 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
20-10-2019 Distribution update Detail
20-10-2019 Datasheet update Detail
09-11-2015 Image insert
09-04-2013 Distribution update Detail