Nearctic States & Provinces: AB ON YT CO MT UT WA WY
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/28356
Zelotes puritanus Chamberlin, 1922
FAMILY: GNAPHOSIDAE Pocock, 1898
Genus: Zelotes Gistel, 1848
Species: Zelotes puritanus Chamberlin, 1922
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 ON YT CO MT 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, scrub oak, fir, pine, spruce forests, beach litter, meadows, pastures, prairies, sagebrush-covered hillsides, under logs and stones (Platnick & Dondale, 1992).
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 = 4.66 mm
A = 2.15 mm
C = 1.66 mm
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Female Dimensions:
A+B = 5.78 mm
A = 2.3 mm
C = 1.8 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†
| Zelotes puritanus Chamberlin 1922 |
| Zelotes shoshoneus Chamberlin 1936 |
| Zelotes puritanus Kaston 1948 |
| Zelotes |
| Zelotes kodaensis Miller & Buchar 1977 |
| Zelotes kodaensis Thaler 1981 |
| Zelotes puritanus Platnick & Shadab 1983 |
| Zelotes puritanus Grimm 1985 |
| Zelotes puritanus Ovtsharenko & Marusik 1988 |
| Zelotes puritanus Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Zelotes puritanus Platnick & Dondale 1992 |
| Zelotes puritanus Eskov & Marusik 1995 |
| Zelotes puritanus Ovtsharenko & Marusik 1996 |
| Zelotes puritanus Aakra, Bretten & Frengen 2000 |
| Zelotes puritanus Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
| Zelotes puritanus Almquist 2006 |
Taxonomic References†
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 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. fratris Chamberlin, 1920 ...............Holarctic
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. 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 puritanus Chamberlin, 1922.
In: The Nearctic Spider Database. David P. Shorthouse (editor). World Wide Web electronic publication. Direct link: http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/28356 (Accessed: 10/12/2008 6:08:05 AM).
Author Email Address: dshorthouse@eol.org
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