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

Zelotes wallacei Melic, Silva & Barrientos, 2016

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048592

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Described:

Distribution: Portugal, Spain

External Resources*: araneae - Spiders of Europe | GBIF

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN), Madrid, Spain m (20.02/17354) - (Melic et al., 2016)
Paratype: Antonio Melic Private Collection, Spain 1m - (Melic et al., 2016)

Taxonomic References

Zelotes sp.4 Cárdenas & Barrientos, 2011: 105, f. 21-23 (m; here per Melic et al., 2016: 111)

Zelotes wallacei Melic, Silva & Barrientos in Melic et al., 2016: 111, f. 3a-d (Dm) Original description

References

Cárdenas, M. & Barrientos, J. A. (2011). Arañas del olivar andaluz (Arachnida; Araneae). Aspectos faunísticos. Zoologica Baetica 22: 99-136. -- Show included taxa

Melic, A., Silva, A., Patanita, M. I., Santos, S. A. P., Benhadi-Marín, J. & Barrientos, J. A. (2016). Three new species of Gnaphosidae (Arachnida, Araneae) collected in Iberian Peninsula. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 28: 107-113. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Kropf, C., Stäubli, A.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 01.2026. doi: 10.24436/1

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference
2016-09-26	New taxonomic reference entry	Cárdenas & Barrientos, 2011
2016-09-26	New taxonomic reference entry	Melic et al., 2016
2016-09-26	New species inserted	Melic et al., 2016