Zelotes fratris Chamberlin, 1920
| FAMILY: GNAPHOSIDAE Pocock, 1898 Genus: Zelotes Gistel, 1848 Species: Zelotes fratris Chamberlin, 1920  |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
stealthy ground spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution & Point Collections
Global Distribution: Holarctic
Nearctic States & Provinces: AB BC ON YT AK CO MT NH UT WA WY
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Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:† ground runners
†Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280. PDF
Habitat (published): aspen, maple, oak, red alder, willow, cedar, fir, pine, spruce forests, sand dunes, orchards, meadows, sagebrush, marshes (salt and fresh), under surface debris on ground
Habitat (<30 randomly chosen specimens): Deciduous-dominant forest, 50% standing trees; Rocky mountainside; Aspen-Elfin Forest; Riparian, Black Cottonwood closed Forest; Rock; Lodgepole Pine Burnt Forest; Alpine, Dry Grassland; River Cobble Stones; Wetland; bare sandy/gravelly ground; Aspen closed Forest; Mixedwood forest; Aspen forest; Aspen-Spruce Forest; Mixed closed Forest,; Clay-Stoney Eskerine Ridge; Bog; Deciduous-dominant , contiguous forest; Riparian, Grassland; Grassland; reclaimed mine tailings; Pine forest; Deciduous-dominant with coniferous understory, 20% standing trees; Coastal Mixed open Forest (Town); Avalanche slope; Canadian Shield outcrop; gravel road shoulder near muskeg; Aspen (closed) Forest; Riparian, Black Cottonwood; Lodgepole Pine closed Forest;
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Details About Males
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Descriptions Source:
Platnick, N. I. & C. D. Dondale. 1992. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Part 19. The ground spiders of Canada and Alaska (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1875: 1-297.
Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Taxonomic References‡
Chamberlin, R. V. 1920. New spiders from Utah. Canad. Ent. 52: 193-201.
Emerton, J. H. 1890. New England spiders of the families Drassidae, Agalenidae and Dysderidae. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 8: 166-206.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Kovblyuk, M. M. 2006. Zelotes kukushkini sp. n. (Aranei, Gnaphosidae) and close related species from Palaearctic. Vestn. Zool. 40: 205-217.
Ovtsharenko, V. I. & Y. M. Marusik. 1996. Additional data on the spiders of the family Gnaphosidae (Aranei) of the north-east of Asia. In ntomological Studies in the North-East of the USSR. USSR Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Vladivostok, pp. 114-130 (
Ovtsharenko, V. I. & Y. M. Marusik. 1988. Spiders of the family Gnaphosidae (Aranei) of the north-east of the USSR (the Magadan Province). Ent. Obozr. 67: 204-217.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Platnick, N. I. & C. D. Dondale. 1992. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Part 19. The ground spiders of Canada and Alaska (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1875: 1-297.
Platnick, N. I. & M. U. Shadab. 1983. A revision of the American spiders of the genus Zelotes (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 174: 97-192.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
Natural History References
Platnick, N. I. & C. D. Dondale. 1992. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Part 19. The ground spiders of Canada and Alaska (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1875: 1-297.
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