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Species Zelotes funestus

LA Ground Spider - Zelotes funestus - female LA Ground Spider  - Zelotes funestus - female LA Ground Spider - Zelotes funestus - female LA Ground Spider - Zelotes funestus - female
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
Species funestus (Zelotes funestus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Size
Female: ~4.4-7.1 mm(1)
Range
Known only from San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties in California (1)
Remarks
Page creation based on the identification of these images by Dr. Lenny Vincent.

The male of this species is undescribed. (1)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the American spiders of the genus Zelotes (Araneae, Gnaphosidae)
Platnick and Shadab. 1983. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.