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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Ground Spiders (Gnaphosidae) » Zelotes

Genus Zelotes

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Remarks · See Also

Zelotes puritanus Chamberlin 1922 - Zelotes puritanus - female

male, small, shiny black spider - Zelotes - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynae)

Family Gnaphosidae (Ground Spiders)

Genus Zelotes

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Numbers

There are 46 species in BugGuide's range according to the World Spider Catalog. (19 March 2023)

Remarks

Species in BugGuide's range:

Z. aiken

Z. anglo

Z. anthereus

Z. cayucos

Z. cruz

Z. discens

Z. duplex

Z. exiguoides

Z. florodes

Z. foresta

Z. fratris

Z. funestus

Z. gabriel

Z. gertschi

Z. griswoldi

Z. grovus

Z. gynethus

Z. hentzi

Z. icenoglei

Z. inglenook

Z. josephine

Z. laccus

Z. laetus (non-native)

Z. lasalanus

Z. lymnophilus

Z. mesa

Z. monachus

Z. monodens

Z. musapi

Z. nannodes

Z. ocala

Z. perditus

Z. petrophilus

Z. piercy

Z. pinos

Z. pseustes

Z. pullus

Z. puritanus

Z. rainier

Z. skinnerensis

Z. sula

Z. tenuis (non-native)

Z. tulare

Z. tuobus

Z. viola

Z. yosemite

See Also

Drassyllus (& Camillina) eye arrangement (in Zelotes the PMEs point the opposite direction)

Contributed by Tim Loh on 15 February, 2009 - 3:58pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, cheins, JohnMaxwell22, kschnei
Last updated 19 March, 2023 - 3:15pm

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