Cryptodrassus helvoloides (Levy, 1998) comb. nov.

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Zelotes helvoloides Levy, 1998, p. 150, Figs 123-125 (in part, only male), not female (Figs 126-127 misplaced).

Material examined. Zelotes helvoloides Levy, 1998 ̄ Holotype: ♂, Sede Zin near Sede Boqer, Israel, 25.VI.1992 (HUJ 14818), pitfall traps, leg. Y. Lubin ; ♀ paratype, Nahal Sekher, Negev, Israel, 6.VI. l991 (HUJ 14655), pitfall traps, leg. Y. Lubin.

Comments. Close examination of the type material of this species leaves no doubt that it belongs to Cryptodrassus, “subgroup” of C. creticus (see further comments under C. helvolus). For reasons explained in the comments of C. helvolus, the female described by Levy (1998) as the matching female of C. helvoloides is here designated as the still undescribed female of C. helvolus . Hence C. helvoloides is not yet recorded from Cyprus.

Distribution. Israel.