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Zelotes puritanus Chamberlin, 1922

	FAMILY: GNAPHOSIDAE Pocock, 1898     Genus: Zelotes Gistel, 1848         Species: Zelotes puritanus Chamberlin, 1922
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Family Common Name:  stealthy ground spiders
Genus Common Name:  none
Species Common Name:  none

Global Distribution: Holarctic
Nearctic States & Provinces: AB ON YT CO MT UT WA WY

Seasonality Specimen Search Specimen list 40, 64

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, scrub oak, fir, pine, spruce forests, beach litter, meadows, pastures, prairies, sagebrush-covered hillsides, under logs and stones (Platnick & Dondale, 1992).
Habitat (<30 randomly chosen specimens): Rock Slide; Deciduous-dominant with coniferous understory, 20% standing trees; Beach; Alpine Grassland; Deciduous-dominant with coniferous understory, 10% standing trees; Mixedwood forest; Dry Grassland; Avalanche slope; Lodgepole Pine closed Forest; Beach ridge; Coniferous-dominant forest, 10% standing trees; Rocky Escarpment; reclaimed mine tailings; Ridge top;

Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)

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Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)

Male Dimensions: A = 2.15 mm  A+B = 4.66 mm  C = 1.66 mm

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Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)

Female Dimensions: A = 2.3 mm  A+B = 5.78 mm  C = 1.8 mm

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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.

Zelotes puritanus Chamberlin 1922 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2097706

Zelotes shoshoneus Chamberlin 1936 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:246667

Zelotes puritanus Kaston 1948 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2097707

Zelotes Starega 1972 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:9736223

Zelotes kodaensis Miller & Buchar 1977 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2097708

Zelotes kodaensis Thaler 1981 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2097709

Zelotes puritanus Platnick & Shadab 1983 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:9736224

Zelotes puritanus Grimm 1985 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2097710

Zelotes puritanus Ovtsharenko & Marusik 1988 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2097711

Zelotes puritanus Heimer & Nentwig 1991 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2097712

Zelotes puritanus Platnick & Dondale 1992 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2097714

Zelotes puritanus Eskov & Marusik 1995 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2097715

Zelotes puritanus Ovtsharenko & Marusik 1996 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2097716

Zelotes puritanus Aakra, Bretten & Frengen 2000 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2008673

Zelotes puritanus Paquin & Dupérré 2003 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2012251

Zelotes puritanus Almquist 2006

Aakra, K., A. Bretten, and O. Frengen. 2000. Spiders (Araneae) new to Norway. Norw. J. Entomol. 47 149-152.

Almquist, S. 2006. Swedish Araneae, part 2--families Dictynidae to Salticidae. Insect Syst. Ecol., Suppl. 63: 285-601.

Chamberlin, R. V. 1936. Further records and descriptions of North American Gnaphosidae. Amer. Mus. Novit. 853: 1-25.

Chamberlin, R. V. 1922. The North American spiders of the family Gnaphosidae. Proc. biol. Soc. Wash. 35: 145-172.

Eskov, K. Y. & Y. M. Marusik. 1995. On the spiders from Saur Mt. range, eastern Kazakhstan (Arachnida: Araneae). Beitr. Araneol. 4: 55-94.

Grimm, U. 1985. Die Gnaphosidae Mitteleuropas (Arachnida, Araneae). Abh. naturw. Ver. Hamb. 26: 1-318.

Heimer, S. & W. Nentwig. 1991. Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp.

Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.

Miller, F. & J. Buchar. 1977. Neue Spinnenarten aus der Gattung Zelotes Distel [sic] und Haplodrassus Chamberlin (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Acta Univ. Carol. (Biol.) 1974: 157-171.

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.

Starega, W. 1972. Nowe dla fauny Polski i rzadsze gatunki pajaków (Aranei), z opisem Lepthyphantes milleri sp. n. Fragm. Faun. 18: 55-98.

Thaler, K. 1981. Bemerkenswerte Spinnenfunde in Nordtirol (Österreich). Veröff. Mus. Ferdinandeum Innsbr. 61: 105-150.

^‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog

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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Author of this page in progress: Shorthouse, David P. dshorthouse(at)eol.org
Text Last Modified: 2006-03-22T00:22:07Z