Zelotes metellus

Senglet, Antoine, 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 (3), pp. 513-559 : 554-555

Zelotes metellus -subgroup

DEFINITION: Male palp different from that of most Zelotes by a terminal apophysis and an embolar base on a common fused base, intercalary sclerite absent and a dorsal acute apophysis on embolar base and on embolar radix present. Embolar radix linked to embolus by membranous cuticle. Embolus short and wide. Retrolateral posterior lamina present on tegulum. Epigynum: Median part membranous; a characteristic horseshoe-like band bordering posterior part of epigynum.

SPECIES INCLUDED: Z. prishutovae Ponomarev & Tsvetkov and Zelotes metellus Roewer.

KEY TO THE SPECIES OF THE Z. METELLUS - SUBGROUP

1 Ƌ: Posterior apophyses of embolar base and embolar radix sticking out of bulbus in its dorsal-prolateral part; tip of embolus blunt (Figs 167-169). ♀: Anterior sacs of vulva elongated, not fused to epigynum (Fig. 170)......................................... Z. prishutovae

- Ƌ: Posterior apophyses of embolar base and embolar radix shorter, not visible on resting pedipalp; tip of embolus tapering (Figs 172, 175). ♀: Anterior sacs of vulva short, fused to cuticle of epigynum (Fig. 177)...................................................... Z. metellus

Zelotes prishutovae Ponomarev & Tsvetkov, 2006 Figs 165-170 Zelotes prishutovae Ponomarev & Tsvetkov, 2006: 13 , figs 25-26 (description Ƌ and ♀).

Camillina metellus . – Chatzaki, Thaler & Mylonas, 2003: 48, figs 3-7 (not figs 8-9 = Z. metellus ). FIGS 165-170

Zelotes prishutovae . (165-169) Left male palp. (165) Cymbium and subtegulum discarded, prolateral view. (166) Id., cleared dorsal view. (167) Prolateral view. (168) Ventral view. (169) Retrolateral view. (170) Vulva, dorsal view. Bold lines indicate epigynal folds. Scale lines 0.2 mm.

MATERIAL EXAMINED: GREECE, Peloponnesus, Laconia, south-west of Monemvasia , 36°40'N 23°01'E; 2 Ƌ ; 11.05.1998. – Crete Lassithi 2 km west of Istro ; 1 ♀ ; 02.06.1997 (leg. Chatzaki, MHNG).

DESCRIPTION: Prosoma dark brown. Opisthosoma black, covered with mediumlong adpressed hairs. Legs brown, with lighter tarsi and metatarsi. Posterior eyes small, in a straight row. – Ƌ: Total length 3.33. Prosoma: 1.43 long, 1.17 wide, 0.57 wide at level of posterior eyes. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.04, ALE 0.07, PME 0.06, PLE 0.06; AME-AME 0.28, AME-ALE 0.01, PME-PME 0.03, PME-PLE 0.03, ALE- PLE 0.04. MOQ length 0.14, front width 0.23, back width 0.29. Clypeus: 0.06 from AME, 0.04 from ALE. Pedipalp (Figs 165-169): Patella dorsally longer than tibia. Tarsus width same as dorsal length. Tip of embolus wide. Apophysis of embolar radix elongated. Tarsi I, II entirely scopulate, metatarsi I, II in apical third. Leg spination: Metatarsi I v000; III, IV v221. Scutum occupying 1/5 of opisthosoma length. – ♀: Vulva (Fig. 170): Inflated and elongated glandular ducts with scattered pores.