Zelotes Gistel, 1848

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 : 514-515

Genus Zelotes Gistel, 1848

TYPE SPECIES: Z elotes subterraneus (C. L. Koch, 1833)

KEY TO SPECIES GROUPS

1 Embolar radix with sclerotized connection to embolus; no dorsal apophysis on embolar base.............................. Zelotes s. str., 2

- Embolar radix with a membranous connection to embolus; a dorsal apophysis present on embolar base............ Z. criniger-metellus -group

2 Embolar base a simple transverse sclerite with a retrolateral projection and a notched link to embolus; posterior sclerite of terminal apophysis connected to posterior tegular base............... Z. subterraneus -group

- Different.................................................... 3

3 Embolus not coiled............................................ 4

- Long coiled embolus (turning left on left palp) without direct connection to embolar base. Embolar base fused to terminal apophysis up to its apical projection. Strong embolar radix and posterior sclerite of terminal apophysis at a relatively acute angle (Figs 83, 92)........ Z. thorelli -group

4 Elevated arched embolar base with a distad-directed embolus. Posterior sclerite of terminal apophysis connected to median part of embolar

radix. Epigynum with single lateral folds; median sector membranous................................................... Z. tenuis -group

- Embolar base partly fused with terminal apophysis. Terminal apophysis with ventral and dorsal lobe; its posterior sclerite connected to posterior tegular base (Figs 139-141, 146-147). Epigynum with single lateral folds.......................................... Z. atrocaerulaeus -group

- Embolar base elevated and arched; posterior sclerite of terminal apophysis connected directly to embolus (Fig. 133); embolus linked to embolar base by whitish cuticle along its prolateral margin (Figs 120, 127, 131 & 133); the large embolus carrying a terminal segment in the shape of a wide tube; its variable ventral protrusion corresponding to prolateral projection of median apophysis. Lateral folds of epigynum modified into large lateral pockets; median part membranous (Figs 123, 134)........................................... Z. baeticus -group