Zelotes eskovi Zhang and Song, 2001

Lee, Sue Yeon, Yoo, Jung Sun & Kim, Seung Tae, 2017, Three new species and four new records of the families Cybaeidae and Gnaphosidae (Araneae) from Korea, Journal of Species Research 6, pp. 114-124 : 121-122

Zelotes eskovi Zhang and Song, 2001

ẃfflḑųĄḍ (ljḓ) ( Fig. 6 A-F)

Material examined. 1$, mixed forest near the uphill path (36°29 ʹ 35 ʺ N, 127°49 ʹ 36 ʺ E, alt. 385 m), 200 m west of the eastern entrance of Galmok tunnel, Songnisan-myeon, Boeun-gun , Chungcheongbuk-do, 4 July 2011, T. B. Ryu .

Diagnosis. The female of Z. eskovi Zhang and Song, 2001 is very similar to that of Z. potanini Schenkel, 1963 in the epigynum and the internal genitalia, but different from the latter by the short and uncoiled genital ducts of spermathecae in the internal genitalia ( Fig. 6 BF).

Description. Female. Total length 3.35. Habitus as in Figure 6D. Carapace mottled dark brown; 3.80 long, 2.60 wide; cervical groove, median furrow and radial grooves distinct; clypeus height 1.6 times of diameter of AME. AER 0.46, PER 0.52; AER slightly recurved and PER straight in dorsal view. AME 0.07, ALE 0.10, PME 0.08, PLE 0.09, AME-AME 0.08, AME-ALE 0.03, PME-PME 0.10, PME-PLE 0.08, AME-PME 0.12, and ALE-PLE 0.08. Median ocular quadrangle, height = posterior side>anterior side (20:18). Chelicera with three promarginal and one retromarginal teeth. Sternum 1.43 long, 1.24 wide. Labium 0.56 long, 0.42 wide. Leg measurements: I 5.65 (1.55, 1.00, 1.20, 1.05, 0.85), II 5.10 (1.45, 0.85, 1.00, 1.00, 0.80), III 4.45 (1.25, 0.70, 0.75, 1.00, 0.75), IV 6.60 (1.75, 1.00, 1.25, 1.65, 0.95). Leg I/c 2.35. Fem. I/c 0.65. Tib I/c 0.50. Met I/c 0.44. Pat. I + tib. I/c 1.06. Met. I/tar. I 1.24. Met. IV/tar. IV 1.74. Leg spination pattern: Femora; I, II d1-1, p0-0-1; III d1-1-0, p0-1- 1, r0-1-1; IV d1-1, r0-0-1. Tibiae; III p1-1-1, r1-1, v2-2- 2; IV p1-1, r1-1-1, v2-2-2. Metatarsi; III d0-2-0, p1-1-2, r1-1-2, v2-0-preening comb; IV d0-2-0, p1-1-2, r1-2-1, v2-1-1-1 and preening comb. Abdomen oval and grayish brown, 2.60 long, 1.70 wide. Epigynum with an anterior epigynal margin and a pair of lateral margins on both sides of epigynal plate; internal genitalia with a pairs of short genital ducts and a pair of spermathecae ( Fig. 6 AC, E-F).

Habitat. Mixed forest.

World Distribution. China, Korea (Chungcheongbuk-do).