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Zelotes erythrocephalus (Lucas, 1846)

Description
Distribution
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Global distribution (WSC 2026): Spain, Morocco, Algeria
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Distribution List
Algeria   (Denis, 1937b; Marinaro, 1968; Benhacene et al., 2023) ||| Morocco   (Lecigne et al., 2025) ||| Spain   (Barrientos et al., 2024c) |||
References

Barrientos J A, De Mas E, Gavín-Centol M P, Pertegal C, Salazar B, Fenoy E, Balanzategui I, Mederos J, Montserrat M, Barranco P, Moya-Laraño J (2024c) Arañas (Arachnida: Araneae) del Parque Natural de Cabo de Gata-Níjar (Almería, España); 2ª aportación. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 45: 27-59 pdf

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

Denis J (1937b) On a collection of spiders from Algeria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 106: 1027-1060 pdf

Lecigne S, Moutaouakil S, Lips J (2025) Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) – second note. On new species and new records from caves and miscellaneous terrestrial ecosystems. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 40(1, supplement): 1-184 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

Ouakri N, Lecigne S, Abou Oualid J, Dugon M (2026) Spiders from the Arganeraie Biosphere Reserve of Souss-Massa region (Morocco), and descriptions of two new species (Arachnida: Araneae: Gnaphosidae, Salticidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 1051: 1-50 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

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