Spiricoelotes zonatus (Peng & Wang, 1997)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022919

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Described:

Distribution: China. Introduced to Japan

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Type Repository Provide information
  • Holotype: College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University (HNU), Changsha, China f - (Chen, Liu & Wei, 2025)
  • Paratype: College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University (HNU), Changsha, China 2m 5f - (Chen, Liu & Wei, 2025)
  • Holotype: Centre for Behavioral Ecology and Evolution (CBEE), College of Life Sciences [= Museum of Hubei University (MHU)], Hubei University, Wuhan, China f of Coelotes laoyingensis - (Chen & Zhao, 1997)
  • Paratype: Centre for Behavioral Ecology and Evolution (CBEE), College of Life Sciences [= Museum of Hubei University (MHU)], Hubei University, Wuhan, China 2f of Coelotes laoyingensis - (Chen & Zhao, 1997)
Taxonomic References
Coelotes zonatus Peng & Wang, 1997: 331, f. 32-36 (Dmf) Original description
Coelotes laoyingensis Chen & Zhao, 1997: 89, f. 5-6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022800]
Coelotes laoyingensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 376, f. 220N-O (f)
Coelotes zonatus Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 388, f. 226O-P, 227P, 229B (mf)
Spiricoelotes zonatus Wang, 2002: 131, f. 360-374 (mf, T from Coelotes, S of Coelotes laoyingensis)
Spiricoelotes zonatus Wang, 2003: 565, f. 80A-E, 97I (mf)
Spiricoelotes zonatus Okumura, 2008: 1, f. 1-4 (mf)
Spiricoelotes zonatus Okumura et al., 2009: 200, f. 406-409 (mf)
Spiricoelotes zonatus Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 330, f. 239A-E (mf)
Spiricoelotes zonatus Yin et al., 2012: 1028, f. 533a-e (mf)
Spiricoelotes zonatus Zhu, Wang & Zhang, 2017: 531, f. 350A-E (mf)
Spiricoelotes zonatus Okumura, 2024: 1, f. 1A-D (mf)
Spiricoelotes zonatus Chen, Liu & Wei, 2025: 393, f. 3D-F, 4E-F, 6A-B, 7E-F (mf)
References

Chen, J. & Zhao, J. Z. (1997). Four new species of the genus Coelotes from Hubei, China (Araneae, Amaurobiidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 6: 87-92. -- Show included taxa

Chen, H. L., Liu, J. & Wei, M. (2025). Two new cave-dwelling Spiricoelotes species (Araneae, Agelenidae) from Hubei, China. ZooKeys 1245: 383-397. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1245.145389 -- Show included taxa

Okumura, K. (2008). The first record of Spiricoelotes zonatus (Peng & Wang 1997) (Araneae: Amaurobiidae) from Japan. Acta Arachnologica 57(1): 1-3. doi: 10.2476/asjaa.57.1 -- Show included taxa

Okumura, K., Shimojana, M., Nishikawa, Y. & Ono, H. (2009). Coelotidae. In: Ono, H. (ed.) The spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, pp. 174-205. -- Show included taxa

Okumura, K. I. (2024). Current status of two alien species of spiders in Nagasaki Prefecture. Kishidaia 125: 1-5. -- Show included taxa

Peng, X. J. & Wang, J. F. (1997). Seven new species of the genus Coelotes (Araneae: Agelenidae) from China. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 10: 327-333. -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House Shijiazhuang, 640 pp. -- Show included taxa

Wang, X. P. (2002). A generic-level revision of the spider subfamily Coelotinae (Araneae, Amaurobiidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 269: 1-150. doi: 10.1206/0003-0090(2002)269<0001:AGLROT>2.0.CO;2 -- Show included taxa

Wang, X. P. (2003). Species revision of the coelotine spider genera Bifidocoelotes, Coronilla, Draconarius, Femoracoelotes, Leptocoelotes, Longicoelotes, Platocoelotes, Spiricoelotes, Tegecoelotes, and Tonsilla (Araneae: Amaurobiidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 54: 499-662. -- Show included taxa

Yin, C. M., Peng, X. J., Yan, H. M., Bao, Y. H., Xu, X., Tang, G., Zhou, Q. S. & Liu, P. (2012). Fauna Hunan: Araneae in Hunan, China. Hunan Science and Technology Press Changsha, 1590 pp. -- Show included taxa

Zhu, M. S. & Zhang, B. S. (2011). Spider Fauna of Henan: Arachnida: Araneae. Science Press, Beijing, 558 pp. -- Show included taxa

Zhu, M. S., Wang, X. P. & Zhang, Z. S. (2017). Fauna Sinica: Invertebrata Vol. 59: Arachnida: Araneae: Agelenidae and Amaurobiidae. Science Press, Beijing, 727 pp. [[published in Nov. 2017, not in Jan. 2018 as mentioned in the book]] -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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

Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2025-07-18 New taxonomic reference entry Chen, Liu & Wei, 2025
2025-07-18 Species distribution update Chen, Liu & Wei, 2025 Old value
2025-01-24 New taxonomic reference entry Okumura, 2024
2018-02-01 New taxonomic reference entry Zhu, Wang & Zhang, 2017

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