Zelotes geshur n. sp.

Figs 77, 78

Type material. Adult male holotype from Geshur, southern Golan, Israel, leg. Rakefet Sharon, September 1998, pitfall trap (HUJ 15496). Female unknown.

Etymology. The specific name is a noun in apposition referring to the type locality.

Description. Colouration deep brown. Large dorsal scutum. Small eyes, ALE largest. Chelicerae with 3 pro- and 1 retromarginal teeth.

Male. Measurements (holotype): total length 5.5; carapace length 2.6, width 1.8, index 1.44; labial index 1.34; clypeal index 2.75; MOQ index 10.8; legs length: I 5.2, II 4.7, III 4.4, IV 7.1; patella-tibia index 0.73.

Palpus. Medium sized with thick, coiled black embolus rising apically behind hooked median apophysis (Figs 77, 78). Tibial apophysis ends with slightly bent tip.

Diagnosis. Based on male. Zelotes geshur belongs to the Grecian ilotarum -group of species (cf. Chatzaki et al. 2003: 68). It differs by subtle details of the palpal sclerites like the form of the coiled embolus and the absence of a dorsal transverse extension (X in Chatzaki et al. 2003, figs 63, 66).

Distribution. Israel, known only from the type locality.