1. A Taxonomic Revision of the Afrotropical Species ofZelotes(Arachnida: Araneae: Gnaphosidae)
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Moira Jane FitzPatrick
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Combinatorics ,Geography ,biology ,Genus ,Insect Science ,Zelotes ,biology.organism_classification ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
Summary This revision of the genus Zelotes from the Afrotropical Region provides keys, diagnoses, descriptions, illustrations, locality records and distribution maps for 100 species, including 56 new species. The following new synonyms are established: Zelotes simoni (Purcell), Z. montanus (Purcell) and Z. fuliginoides (Hewitt)=Z. fuligineus (Purcell); Z. salensis Berland and Z. elolensis Caporiacco=Z. laetus (O. P.-Cambridge); Z. impexus (Simon), Z. oneili (Purcell), Z. demonaicus Lawrence, Z. sidama Caporiacco, Setaphis bechuanica Purcell and S. anchoralis Purcell=Z. scrutatus (O. P.-Cambridge); Z. hewitti Tucker and Z. montivagus Tucker=Z. humilis (Purcell); Z. vespertilionis Tucker=Z. bastardi (Simon); Z. aculeatus (Purcell)=Z. invidus (Purcell); Z. ornatus Tucker=Z. lightfooti (Purcell); Z. bimamillatus (Caporiacco)=Z. mediocris (Kulczyn´ ski); Z. tristellus (Tullgren)=Z. guineanus (Simon); Z. cronwrighti (Purcell)=Z. gooldi (Purcell); Z. ungulus Tucker=Z. natalensis Tucker; Z. solitarius Lawrence=Z....
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- 2007
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