New ground-spider genera and species with annexed checklist of the Gnaphosidae (Araneae) of Israel
Author
Levy, Gershom
text
Zootaxa
2009
2066
1
49
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.186952
4239119c-102b-417f-b91e-619957e061c1
1175-5326
186952
Zelotes geshur
n. sp.
Figs 77, 78
Type
material.
Adult male
holotype
from
Geshur
, southern
Golan
,
Israel
, leg. Rakefet Sharon,
September 1998
, pitfall trap (
HUJ
15496). Female unknown.
Etymology
. The specific name is a noun in apposition referring to the
type
locality.
Description
. Colouration deep brown. Large dorsal scutum. Small eyes, ALE largest. Chelicerae with 3 pro- and 1 retromarginal teeth.
Male.
Measurements (
holotype
): total length 5.5; carapace length 2.6, width 1.8, index 1.44; labial index 1.34; clypeal index 2.75; MOQ index 10.8; legs length: I 5.2, II 4.7, III 4.4, IV 7.1; patella-tibia index 0.73.
Palpus
. Medium sized with thick, coiled black embolus rising apically behind hooked median apophysis (
Figs 77, 78
). Tibial apophysis ends with slightly bent tip.
Diagnosis
. Based on male.
Zelotes geshur
belongs to the Grecian
ilotarum
-group of species (cf.
Chatzaki et al. 2003
: 68). It differs by subtle details of the palpal sclerites like the form of the coiled embolus and the absence of a dorsal transverse extension (X in
Chatzaki et al. 2003
, figs 63, 66).
Distribution
.
Israel
, known only from the
type
locality.