Zelotes sarawakensis (Thorell, 1890)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028375

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Described:

Distribution: Iran, Pakistan to Indonesia (Borneo) and Australia

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Taxonomic References
Prosthesima sarawakensis Thorell, 1890a: 362 (Df) Original description
Prosthesima iusta Kulczyński, 1911b: 473, pl. 21, f. 22, 25-26 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062041]
Zelotes sarawakensis Platnick & Ovtsharenko, 1995: 131, f. 1-5 (mf, S of Zelotes iustus)
Zelotes sarawakensis Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 545, f. 941-947 (mf)
Zelotes sarawakensis Zamani et al., 2025b: 25, f. 17A-D (f)
References

Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. (2001). Forest spiders of South East Asia: with a revision of the sac and ground spiders (Araneae: Clubionidae, Corinnidae, Liocranidae, Gnaphosidae, Prodidomidae and Trochanterriidae [sic]). Brill Leiden, 591 pp. -- Show included taxa

Kulczyński, W. (1911b). Symbola ad faunam Aranearum Javae et Sumatrae cognoscendam. II. Sicariidae, Dysderidae, Drassodidae, Zodariidae. Bulletin International de l'Academie des Sciences de Cracovie 1911: 451-496. -- Show included taxa

Platnick, N. I. & Ovtsharenko, V. I. (1995). An Australian ground spider of the genus Zelotes (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 52: 131-133. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1890a). Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani. IV, 1. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 28: 5-421. -- Show included taxa

Zamani, A., Enayatnia, M., Mirshekar, A., Mayvan, M. M., Kováč, L. & Marusik, Y. M. (2025b). New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), part XII. Zootaxa 5601(1): 1-45. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5601.1.1 -- Show included taxa

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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2025-03-06 New taxonomic reference entry Zamani et al., 2025b
2025-03-06 Species distribution update Zamani et al., 2025b Old value

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