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

Zelotes imazigheni Barrientos, 2024

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063413

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Distribution: Spain, Libya

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Holotype: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN), Madrid, Spain m (20.02/38317) - (Barrientos et al., 2024c)
Paratype: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN), Madrid, Spain 1m (20.02/38318) - (Barrientos et al., 2024c)

Taxonomic References

Zelotes imazigheni Barrientos, in Barrientos et al., 2024c: 40, f. 9A-B, 10A-C, pl. 5A-B, 8 (Dm) Original description

Cryptodrassus michaeli Barrientos et al., 2024c: 34, f. 4C-D, pl. 3D (f; misidentified per Zamani et al., 2026b: 13)

"Zelotes" imazigheni Zamani et al., 2026b: 13, f. 9A-F (m, Df; misplaced in this genus)

References

Barrientos, J. A., De Mas, E., Gavín-Centol, M. P., Pertegal, C., Salazar, B., Fenoy, E., Balanzategui, I., Mederos, J., Montserrat, M., Barranco, P. & Moya-Laraño, J. (2024c). Arañas (Arachnida: Araneae) del Parque Natural de Cabo de Gata-Níjar (Almería, España); 2ª aportación. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 45: 27-59. -- Show included taxa

Zamani, A., Belhadi, A., Dekkoumi, B., Iflefel, S. A., Sidatt, Z. E. A., Elmareme, H. M., Shaibi, T., Meddour, S. & Alioua, Y. (2026b). New species and records of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from the Maghreb. Zootaxa 5873(1): 1-31. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5873.1.1 ZooBank: EA1FD2F6-013E-4D0B-8FC3-F20C92F610C8 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value
2026-08-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Zamani et al., 2026b
2026-08-20	First description of female	Zamani et al., 2026b
2026-08-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Zamani et al., 2026b
2026-08-20	Species distribution update	Zamani et al., 2026b	Old value
2024-12-27	New taxonomic reference entry	Barrientos et al., 2024c
2024-12-27	New species inserted	Barrientos et al., 2024c