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 sumchi
Levy, 1998
Figs 87, 88
Zelotes sumchi
Levy, 1998
:151
, figs 128–130, ♂ from the shores of Lake
Hula
,
Israel
.
Hitherto unknown mate: Adult female from
Geshur
, southern
Golan
,
Israel
, leg. Rakefet Sharon,
July 1998
, pitfall trap (HUJ15512).
Description
. Colouration yellowish-brown with black area around AME. ALE smallest. Chelicerae with 4 pro- and 1 retromarginal teeth.
Female.
Measurements (5 ΨΨ): total length 2.9–4.6; carapace length 1.3–2.0, width 1.0–1.6, index 1.18–1.30; labial index 1.15–1.69; clypeal index 1.0; MOQ index 8.75–10.52; legs length: I 3.2–5.6, II 2.9–4.9, III 2.6–4.4, IV 3.7–6.5; patella-tibia index 1.2–2.1.
Epigynum
.
Small, sclerotized corner-caps occasionally separated by septum-like embossement extending into round median depression (
Fig. 87
); small touching round spermathecae discernible through integument. Ducts of spermathecae with nearly alternate swellings and contractions (
Fig. 88
).
Diagnosis
. The unique form of the spermathecal alignment separates
Z. sumchi
distinctly from all other
Zelotes
species.
Distribution
.
Israel
. Records: Shores of Lake
Hula
, Odem forest,
Geshur
, Ramat HaNadiv.
Comment
. A pair of male and female collected by a pitfall trap at
Geshur
provided the proof for the matching of the two sexes.