Zelotes balcanicus Deltshev, 2006
Description
Male
Prosoma, sternum and opisthosoma brown. Chelicerae yellow-brown, promargin with 4 teeth, retromargin with 3-4 teeth. Opisthosoma with dark brown scutum occupying 40% of opisthosoma length.
Body length male: 4.6-5.9 mmFemale
Colouration as in males.
Body length female: 6.0-6.7 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Deltshev et al. 2006)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Deltshev et al. 2006)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Deltshev et al. 2006)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Deltshev et al. 2006)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Deltshev et al. 2006)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Deltshev et al. 2006)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Pantini & Mazzoleni 2018)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Pantini & Mazzoleni 2018)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Tutar & Yağmur 2023)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Lecigne 2023)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Lecigne 2023)
Epigyne
(Deltshev et al. 2006)
Epigyne
(Deltshev et al. 2006)
Epigyne
(Pantini & Mazzoleni 2018)
Epigyne
(Tutar & Yağmur 2023)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Deltshev et al. 2006)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Deltshev et al. 2006)
Vulva
(Pantini & Mazzoleni 2018)
Distribution List
References
Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018) 
Coşar İ, Danışman T (2020a) A new record for the spider fauna of Turkey: Zelotes balcanicus Deltshev, 2006 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Serket 17: 110-113
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
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
Deltshev C, Vrenozi B, Blagoev G, Lazarov S (2011b) Spiders of Albania – faunistic and zoogeographical review (Arachnida: Araneae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 63: 125-144
Komnenov M (2014) Spider fauna of the Osogovo Mt. Range, Northeastern Macedonia. Fauna Balkana 2: 1-267
Lecigne S (2023) New contribution to the spider fauna (Arachnida: Araneae) of Kerkyra (Corfu) and update of the provisional checklist of species from the Ionian Island. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 38 (1, suppl.): 1-51
Naumova M, Lazarov S, Deltshev C (2019a) Faunistic diversity of the spiders in Montenegro (Arachnida: Araneae). Ecologica Montenegrina 22: 50-89
Pantini P, Mazzoleni F (2018) I ragni de Calabria (Arachnida Araneae). Rivista del Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali "E. Caffi", Bergamo 31: 11-69
Senglet A (2012) Civizelotes new genus, and other new or little known Zelotinae (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 119: 501-528
Tutar O, Yağmur E A (2023) Spider (Araneae) fauna of İzmir Peninsula (Çeşme, Karaburun, Urla), Türkiye. Serket 19: 197-222
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 10-08-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 21-09-2023 | Image insert | |
| 08-05-2023 | Image insert | |
| 21-11-2022 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 25-06-2020 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 17-04-2020 | Distribution insert | Detail |
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| 20-04-2018 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 25-03-2014 | Datasheet update | Detail |
| 07-01-2014 | Distribution update | Detail |