Nearctic States & Provinces: AB BC ON YT AK CO MT NH UT WA WY
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/28206
Zelotes fratris Chamberlin, 1920
FAMILY: GNAPHOSIDAE Pocock, 1898
Genus: Zelotes Gistel, 1848
Species: Zelotes fratris Chamberlin, 1920
Author of this page: Shorthouse, David P. (Page is in progress)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
stealthy ground spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: Holarctic
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB BC ON YT AK CO MT NH UT WA WY
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
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.
Recorded Habitats:
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
Life & Natural History:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Seasonality of Specimen Records:
Image(s) of Habitus:
(images not yet available)
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Male Dimensions:
A+B = 6.04 mm
A = 2.64 mm
C = 2.06 mm
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Female Dimensions:
A+B = 6.96 mm
A = 2.76 mm
C = 2.1 mm
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
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†
| Prosthesima ater Emerton 1890 |
| Zelotes fratris Chamberlin 1920 |
| Zelotes subterraneus Kaston 1948 |
| Zelotes fratris Platnick & Shadab 1983 |
| Zelotes fratris Ovtsharenko & Marusik 1988 |
| Zelotes fratris Platnick & Dondale 1992 |
| Zelotes fratris Ovtsharenko & Marusik 1996 |
| Zelotes fratris Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
| Zelotes fratris Kovblyuk 2006 |
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 accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/GNAPHOSIDAE.html
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.
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Zelotes Gistel, 1848‡‡
Z. aiken Platnick & Shadab, 1983 ...............USA
Z. anglo Gertsch & Riechert, 1976 ...............USA, Mexico
Z. anthereus Chamberlin, 1936 ...............USA
Z. atrocaeruleus (Simon, 1878) ...............Palearctic
Z. cayucos Platnick & Shadab, 1983 ...............USA
Z. clivicola (L. Koch, 1870) ...............Palearctic
Z. cruz Platnick & Shadab, 1983 ...............USA
Z. discens Chamberlin, 1922 ...............USA
Z. duplex Chamberlin, 1922 ...............USA, Canada
Z. exiguoides Platnick & Shadab, 1983 ...............USA, Canada
Z. exiguus (Müller & Schenkel, 1895) ...............Palearctic
Z. florodes Platnick & Shadab, 1983 ...............USA
Z. foresta Platnick & Shadab, 1983 ...............USA
Z. funestus (Keyserling, 1887) ...............USA
Z. gabriel Platnick & Shadab, 1983 ...............USA
Z. gertschi Platnick & Shadab, 1983 ...............USA, Mexico
Z. griswoldi Platnick & Shadab, 1983 ...............USA
Z. grovus Platnick & Shadab, 1983 ...............USA
Z. gynethus Chamberlin, 1919 ...............USA
Z. hentzi Barrows, 1945 ...............USA, Canada
Z. icenoglei Platnick & Shadab, 1983 ...............USA
Z. inglenook Platnick & Shadab, 1983 ...............USA
Z. josephine Platnick & Shadab, 1983 ...............USA
Z. laccus (Barrows, 1919) ...............USA, Canada
Z. laetus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1872) ...............Mediterranean, USA, Mexico, Peru, Hawaii
Z. lasalanus Chamberlin, 1928 ...............North America
Z. lattreillei (Simon, 1878) ...............Palearctic
Z. longipes (L. Koch, 1866) ...............Palearctic
Z. lymnophilus Chamberlin, 1936 ...............USA
Z. mesa Platnick & Shadab, 1983 ...............USA, Mexico
Z. monachus Chamberlin, 1924 ...............USA, Mexico
Z. monodens Chamberlin, 1936 ...............USA
Z. mundus (Kulczyn'ski, 1897) ...............Palearctic
Z. nannodes Chamberlin, 1936 ...............USA
Z. nilicola (O. P.-Cambridge, 1874) ...............Mediterranean, Canary Is., USA
Z. ocala Platnick & Shadab, 1983 ...............USA
Z. perditus Chamberlin, 1922 ...............USA
Z. petrophilus Chamberlin, 1936 ...............USA
Z. piercy Platnick & Shadab, 1983 ...............USA
Z. pinos Platnick & Shadab, 1983 ...............USA
Z. pseustes Chamberlin, 1922 ...............USA, Mexico
Z. pullus (Bryant, 1936) ...............USA
Z. puritanus Chamberlin, 1922 ...............Holarctic
Z. rainier Platnick & Shadab, 1983 ...............USA
Z. schmitzi (Kulczynski, 1899) ...............Spain, Madeira, Canary Is., USA
Z. segrex (Simon, 1878) ...............Palearctic
Z. skinnerensis Platnick & Prentice, 1999 ...............USA
Z. subterraneus (C. L. Koch, 1833) ...............Palearctic
Z. sula Lowrie & Gertsch, 1955 ...............Holarctic
Z. tenuis (L. Koch, 1866) ...............Mediterranean, USA
Z. tulare Platnick & Shadab, 1983 ...............USA
Z. tuobus Chamberlin, 1919 ...............USA, Canada
Z. viola Platnick & Shadab, 1983 ...............USA
Z. yosemite Platnick & Shadab, 1983 ...............USA
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution
Page Reference:
Shorthouse, David P. in prep. Taxonomic and natural history description of FAM: GNAPHOSIDAE, Zelotes fratris Chamberlin, 1920.
In: The Nearctic Spider Database. David P. Shorthouse (editor). World Wide Web electronic publication. Direct link: http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/28206 (Accessed: 11/20/2008 11:28:44 PM).
Author Email Address: dshorthouse@eol.org
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