Zelotes metellus (Roewer, 1928)
Description
Male
Prosoma brown. Prosoma length: 1.6-1.85 mm, prosoma width: 0.59-0.77 mm. Legs brown, tarsi and metatarsi lighter. Opisthosoma black, scutum occupying 1/5 of opisthosoma length.
Body length male: 2.9-4.5 mmFemale
Prosoma length: 2.2 mm, prosoma width: 0.66 mm. Colouration as in males.
Body length female: 3.5-4.5 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Senglet 2011)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Senglet 2011)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Senglet 2011)
Pedipalp, apical view
(Senglet 2011)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Ponomarev et al. 2017c)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Ponomarev et al. 2017c)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Mazzia et al. 2018)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Mazzia et al. 2018)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Mazzia et al. 2018)
Epigyne
(Chatzaki et al. 2003)
Epigyne
(Mazzia et al. 2018)
Epigyne
(Mazzia et al. 2018)
Vulva
(Chatzaki et al. 2003)
Vulva, ventral view
(Senglet 2011)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Senglet 2011)
Vulva
(Mazzia et al. 2018)
Distribution List
References
Bosmans R, Chatzaki M (2005) A catalogue of the spiders of Greece – a critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische arachnologische Vereniging 20 (2, suppl.): 1-124 
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173
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
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
Kovblyuk M M, Seyyar O, Demir H, Topçu A (2009) New taxonomic and faunistic data on the gnaphosid spiders of Turkey (Aranei: Gnaphosidae). Arthropoda Selecta 18: 169-187
Lami F, Burgio G, Magagnoli S, Sommaggio D, Horváth R, Nagy D D, Masetti A (2023) Ground-dwelling arthropods as biodiversity indicators in maize agroecosystems of northern Italy. Ecological Indicators 152(110352): 1-9
Mazzia C, Cornic J-F, Capowiez Y, Bounias-Delacour A (2018) Zelotes metellus Roewer, 1928, nouvelle espèce pour la faune de France. Revue Arachnologique (2) 5: 14-17
Mikhailov K G (2022) Progress in the study of the spider fauna (Aranei) of Russia and neighbouring regions: a 2020 update. Invertebrate Zoology 19: 295-304, Supplements 1.01-1.15, 2.01-2.24.
Naumova M, Hristovski S, Hristov G H (2016b) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Prespa National Park, Albania. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 68: 503-511
Ponomarev A V (2022) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the southeast of the Russian Plain: catalogue, the fauna specific features. SSC RAS Publishers, Rostov-on-Don, 640 pp.
Ponomarev A V, Prokopenko E V, Shmatko, V Y (2017c) New and interesting records of spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) from the southeastern part of the Russian Plain. Proceedings of the Russian Entomological Society in St. Petersburg 88: 103-117
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
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 11-08-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |
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| 28-09-2016 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 03-12-2013 | Datasheet update | Detail |
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