Civizelotes dentatidens ( Simon, 1914 ) Senglet, Antoine, 2012

Senglet, Antoine, 2012, Civizelotes new genus, and other new or little known Zelotinae (Araneae, Gnaphosidae), Revue suisse de Zoologie 119 (4), pp. 501-528 : 516

Civizelotes dentatidens ( Simon, 1914) comb. n. Figs 50-57

Zelotes dentatidens Simon, 1914: 156 , 217, fig. 293 (description of Ƌ).

Z. medianus Denis, 1935: 118 , fig. 3 (description of Ƌ, not figs 4-5 = Z. medianus ). – Soyer, 1967: 275, figs 1-4 (not figs 5-7 = Z. medianus ).

MATERIAL EXAMINED: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 1 slide PM26 (syntype of Z. medianus Denis ), 1 vulva. – SPAIN, Catalonia, Gerona, Cap de Creus, below rosemary, Cistus , Erica , 42°19'N 03°17'E ; 1 Ƌ (last moult 08.06.2004); 24.05.2004. – Estremadura, Caceres, Jarandilla ( rio Tietar ), 40°01'N 05°37'W; 1 ♀ ; 16.06.1969. – Andalusia, Granada, La Calahora, pine forest, 37°10'N 03°03'W; 2 ♀ (with 1/2 vulva in microvial) ; 23.05.2002.

DESCRIPTION of Ƌ: Femora, patellae and tibiae of legs blackish. Prosoma orange-yellow. Opisthosoma dorsally black, with black hairs, ventrally grey, with very short hairs. Leg spination: Femora IV p001, r001; metatarsi II v220. Total length 4.3. Prosoma 1.74 long, 1.33 wide, 0.61 wide at level of posterior eyes. Eye size and interdistances: AME 0.07, ALE 0.85, PME 0.10, PLE 0.08; AME-AME 0.04, AME-ALE, PME-PME 0.10, PME-PLE 0.10, ALE-PLE 0.02. MOQ length 0.24, front width 0.36, back width 0.36. Clypeus 0.08 from AME, 0.05 from ALE. Pedipalp (Figs 50-54): Terminal apophysis present. Embolar radix with a large dorsal-apical bowl (Fig. 54). Patella dorsally longer than tibia. Strong tibial apophysis with a tapering tip and a dorsal tooth. Retrolateral margin of cymbium strongly notched at level of embolus. Embolar base with a strong ventral branch terminating in a flattened, conical, retrolaterally directed tip. Embolus emerging from the strong short erected dorsal branch with a conical ventral apophysis. Terminal apophysis without posterior sclerite, straight, with the soft tegular cuticle reaching the second third of its length. Radix forming a large concave bowl at level of embolus (Figs 53-54). Scutum brown, occupying 1/3 of opisthosoma.

DESCRIPTION of ♀: Prosoma and legs tawny. Opisthosoma dorsally grey, with darker hairs, ventrally tawny. Total length 4.25. Prosoma: 2.00 long, 1.43 wide, 0.78 wide at level of posterior eyes. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.09, ALE 0.11, PME 0.11, PLE 0.08; AME-AME 0.07, AME-ALE 0.01, PME-PME 0.02, PME-PLE 0.03, ALE-PLE 0.06. MOQ length 0.28, front width 0.40, back width 0.43. Clypeus: 0.11 from AME, 0.06 from ALE. Epigynum (Fig. 55) with scapus-like anterior anchoring pockets protruding ventrally. Vulva (Figs 56-57).