On the synonymy of Aracus Thorell, 1887 with Zelotes Gistel, 1848 (Araneae, Gnaphosidae, Zelotinae)
Author
Sankaran, Pradeep M.
text
Zootaxa
2022
2022-03-02
5105
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journal article
20362
10.11646/zootaxa.5105.1.7
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Zelotes captator
(
Thorell, 1887
)
comb. nov.
Figs 1–6
Aracus captator
Thorell, 1887: 36
(Description of female).
Aracus captor
Simon, 1893: 375
(lapsus).
Type material.
Holotype
female from
MYANMAR
(=BURMA/BIRMANIA):
Minhla
: (
17°58’N
,
95°42’E
),
G.B. Comotto
leg., 1884, repository
MSNG
,
Genova
, Italy (no register number), examined based on photographs.
Description.
For description of the female, see
Thorell (1887)
.
Male
. Unknown.
Justification of the transfer.
The proposed species transfer is based on the similarities of the epigynum of
A
.
captator
with that of the
subterraneus
-group of
Zelotes
as listed in the generic synonymy section (compare
Fig. 5
with
Platnick & Shadab 1983
: figs 4, 8, 11, 16). As I was unable to examine its vulva, therefore it is not possible to mention whether
Z
.
captator
comb. nov.
is still a valid species or needs to be synonymised with any other known species in the
subterraneus
-group.