Zelotes fagei Denis, 1955

Zamani, Alireza, Al-Yacoub, Ghassan A. Ali & Abdullah Najim, Shurooq, 2022, New data on Gnaphosidae (Arachnida, Araneae) of Iraq, Evolutionary Systematics 6 (2), pp. 143-150 : 143

Zelotes fagei Denis, 1955

Fig. 4D, E

Identification.

Levy (1998), FitzPatrick (2007).

Material.

IRAQ: Najaf Province: 1♀ (MMBC), Ash Shabakah camp, 150 km SW of Najaf, [30°48'N, 43°39'E], 260 m, stone desert, 20.12.1972 (O. Jakeš) .

Distribution.

Previously known from Niger, Egypt and Israel.

Comment.

New record for Iraq, with the current material representing the easternmost record of the species across its known range.

Figures

Figure 4. Ventral view of epigynes (B, C, D) and dorsal view of vulvae (A, E) of gnaphosids. A. Haplodrassus dalmatensis (L. Koch, 1866); B. Minosiella intermedia Denis, 1958; C. Marinarozelotes jaxartensis (Kroneberg, 1875); D, E. Zelotes fagei Denis, 1955.