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Genus: Zelotes Gistel, 1848 | Family: Gnaphosidae Banks, 1892

Zelotes guineanus (Simon, 1907)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028228

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Described:

Distribution: West, Central, East Africa

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Holotype: Museo Civico Storia Naturale G. Doria, Genova (MCSNG), Italy f - (FitzPatrick, 2007)
Paratype: Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska riksmuseet), Stockholm (NHRS), Sweden 1m 10f of Zelotes tristellus - (FitzPatrick, 2007)

Taxonomic References

Melanophora guineana Simon, 1907d: 235 (Df) Original description

Prosthesima tristella Tullgren, 1910: 110, pl. 1, f. 25 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028421]

Zelotes guineanus Roewer, 1955c: 464

Zelotes tristellus Roewer, 1955c: 466

Zelotes guineanus FitzPatrick, 2007: 142, f. 191-194 (mf, S of Zelotes tristellus)

References

FitzPatrick, M. J. (2007). A taxonomic revision of the Afrotropical species of Zelotes (Arachnida: Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 14(3): 97-172. doi: 10.13156/arac.2011.14.3.97 -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1955c). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. 2. Band, Abt. a (Lycosaeformia, Dionycha [excl. Salticiformia]). 2. Band, Abt. b (Salticiformia, Cribellata) (Synonyma-Verzeichnis, Gesamtindex). Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, 1751 pp. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1907d). Arachnides recueillis par L. Fea sur la côte occidentale d'Afrique. 1re partie. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 43: 218-323. -- Show included taxa

Tullgren, A. (1910). Araneae. In: Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905-1906 unter Leitung von Prof. Dr. Yngve Sjöstedt. Sjöstedts Kilimandjaro-Meru Expedition 20(6): 85-172, pl. 1-4. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.6622 -- Show included taxa

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