Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates) ➔ Class Arachnida (Arachnids) ➔ Order Araneae (Spiders) ➔ Family Gnaphosidae (Ground spiders)

Zelotes laetus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)

Synonyms and other combinations:

Zelotes antiope (Simon, 1878) | Zelotes elolensis Caporiacco, 1941 | Zelotes inauratus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) | Zelotes reformans Chamberlin, 1924 | Zelotes salensis Berland, 1936 | Zelotes tristiculus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) |

  • Zelotes cf. laetus, male 7703
    Zelotes laetus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)     
    Zelotes cf. laetus, male, det. Arno Grabolle
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma; 2017-05-14 09:20:27
    Image number: 7703
    male
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
    2017-05-14 09:20:27
    det. Arno Grabolle
  • Zelotes cf. laetus, male 7704
    Zelotes laetus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)     
    Zelotes cf. laetus, male, det. Arno Grabolle
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma; 2017-05-14 09:23:16
    Image number: 7704
    male
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
    2017-05-14 09:23:16
    det. Arno Grabolle

Distribution:
North Africa to Senegal and Kenya, Portugal, France, Israel, Saudi Arabia. Introduced to Hawaii, USA, Mexico, Peru

References, further reading, links:
  1. Kropf C., Nentwig W., Gloor D. (Organizing Board) (2017). WSC: World Spider Catalog (version 18, Jan 2017). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2017 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.