Zelotes sumchi (Levy, Gershom 2009)
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Ordo: Araneae
Familia: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Zelotes
Name
Zelotes sumchi Levy, 1998 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Zelotes sumchi Levy, Gershom, 2009, Zootaxa 2066: 41-41.
Description
Description. Colouration yellowish-brown with black area around AME. ALE smallest. Chelicerae with 4 pro- and 1 retromarginal teeth. Female. Measurements (5 ΨΨ): total length 2.9–4.6; carapace length 1.3 –2.0, width 1.0– 1.6, index 1.18–1.30; labial index 1.15–1.69; clypeal index 1.0; MOQ index 8.75–10.52; legs length: I 3.2–5.6, II 2.9–4.9, III 2.6–4.4, IV 3.7–6.5; patella-tibia index 1.2–2.1. Epigynum. Small, sclerotized corner-caps occasionally separated by septum-like embossement extending into round median depression (Fig. 87); small touching round spermathecae discernible through integument. Ducts of spermathecae with nearly alternate swellings and contractions (Fig. 88).
Diagnosis
Diagnosis. The unique form of the spermathecal alignment separates Z. sumchi distinctly from all other Zelotes species.
Distribution
Distribution. Israel. Records: Shores of Lake Hula, Odem forest, Geshur, Ramat HaNadiv.
Discussion
Comment. A pair of male and female collected by a pitfall trap at Geshur provided the proof for the matching of the two sexes.
Taxon Treatment
- Levy, Gershom; 2009: New ground-spider genera and species with annexed checklist of the Gnaphosidae (Araneae) of Israel, Zootaxa 2066: 41-41. doi
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