Zelotes

For the apostle, see Simon the Zealot.
Zelotes
female Zelotes iriomotensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Zelotes
Gistel, 1848
Type species
Zelotes subterraneus
(C. L. Koch, 1833)

Zelotes is a genus of gnaphosid spiders with nearly 400 described species.[1] The genus is distributed worldwide.

References

  1. Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 11.0. American Museum of Natural History.
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