Zelotes exiguoides Platnick & Shadab 1983

Paquin, Pierre & Dupérré, Nadine, 2006, The spiders of Québec: update, additions and corrections, Zootaxa 1133, pp. 1-37 : 11

Zelotes exiguoides Platnick & Shadab 1983

( Figs 14–16 )

Material examined.— Canada: Québec: Pontiac, Parc de la Gatineau, Petite colline d’Eardley [45°33’N, 76°01’W] 17.v.2000, rock outcrop, 1ɗ, P. Paquin ( CPAD).

Diagnosis.— Zelotes exiguoides is distinguished from other species by the combination of the following characters: tip of the embolus projecting basally (E) ( Figs 14–15 ) and a slightly bent retrolateral apophysis (RTA) ( Fig. 15 ). Females have an epigynum with well­separated lateral epigynal margins (LEM) ( Fig. 16 ), anterior epigynal margin connected (AEM) ( Fig. 16 ), and long and arched copulatory ducts (CD) ( Fig. 16 ).

Distribution.— Transcontinental, south of the boreal region. Southern Canada and northern USA.

Remark.— This record is the northernmost for the species in the eastern portion of North America (see Platnick & Dondale 1992), but its presence is not surprising as Hutchinson & Bélanger (1994) provided a record of the species from northern Ontario, about 60 km south of the present locality.

Figures

FIGURES 14 – 24. 14 – 16. Zelotes exiguoides. 14, palpus of male, ventral view; 15, palpal tibia of male, retrolateral view; 16 epigynum, ventral view. 17 – 20. Centromerus cornupalpis. 17, palpus of male, retrolateral view; 18, palpus of male, prolateral view; 19, epigynum, ventral view; 20, epigynum, lateral view. 21 – 24. Ceratinopsis nigripalpis. 21, palpus of male, ventral view; 22, cephalothorax of male, lateral view; 23, palpal tibia of male, dorsal view; 24, epigynum, ventral view.