Zelotes zekharya, Levy, Gershom, 2009

Levy, Gershom, 2009, New ground-spider genera and species with annexed checklist of the Gnaphosidae (Araneae) of Israel, Zootaxa 2066, pp. 1-49 : 29

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.186952
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6222037
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0E2987C9-792C-0C31-3DF6-FD4CFD0DFA24
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Zelotes zekharya
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Zelotes zekharya View in CoL n. sp.

Figs 63, 64 View FIGURES 63, 64

Type material. Adult male holotype from Zekharya , Israel, leg. Yael Mandelik, August 13, 2001, pitfall trap ( HUJ 15504). Female unknown.

Etymology. The specific name is a noun in apposition referring to the type locality.

Description. Colouration of carapace light brown, opisthosoma dark grey with short brown dorsal scutum. Large eyes; AME smallest, large PME and ALE subequal, PLE slightly smaller. Chelicerae with 3–5 pro- and 2–3 retromarginal teeth.

Male. Measurements (holotype + 7 ɗɗ; holotype listed first): total length 5.0, 3.8–5.1; carapace length 2.6, 2.0–2.6, width 1.9, 1.5–1.8, index 1.37, 1.33–1.44; labial index 1.43, 1.29–1.60; clypeal index 1.11, 1.0–1.29; MOQ index 8.96, 8.52–9.61; legs length: I 7.6, 6.0–7.4, II 5.7, 4.5–5.4, III 4.9, 3.7–4.6, IV 7.7, 6.5–7.5; patella–tibia index 1.15, 1.04–1.20.

Palpus. Large with long cylindrical terminal apophysis partly enveloping black embolar tip ( Fig. 63 View FIGURES 63, 64 ); intercalary sclerite rather distinct; large tibial apophysis ends with blunt tip ( Figs 63, 64 View FIGURES 63, 64 ).

Diagnosis. The male palpus of Zelotes zekharya resembles closely that of Z. tenuis (L. Koch, 1866) . However, Z. zekharya can be separated, also from all other Zelotes species, by the peculiar shape of the terminal apophysis along with the distinct intercalary sclerites.

Distribution. Israel: Zekharya , Adullam .