Zelotes captator ( Thorell, 1887 ) Sankaran, 2022

Sankaran, Pradeep M., 2022, On the synonymy of Aracus Thorell, 1887 with Zelotes Gistel, 1848 (Araneae, Gnaphosidae, Zelotinae), Zootaxa 5105 (1), pp. 145-147 : 147

Zelotes captator ( Thorell, 1887) comb. nov.

Figs 1–6

Aracus captator Thorell, 1887: 36 (Description of female).

Aracus captor Simon, 1893: 375 (lapsus).

Type material. Holotype female from MYANMAR (=BURMA/BIRMANIA): Minhla : (17°58’N, 95°42’E), G.B. Comotto leg., 1884, repository MSNG, Genova, Italy (no register number), examined based on photographs.

Description. For description of the female, see Thorell (1887).

Male. Unknown.

Justification of the transfer. The proposed species transfer is based on the similarities of the epigynum of A. captator with that of the subterraneus -group of Zelotes as listed in the generic synonymy section (compare Fig. 5 with Platnick & Shadab 1983: figs 4, 8, 11, 16). As I was unable to examine its vulva, therefore it is not possible to mention whether Z. captator comb. nov. is still a valid species or needs to be synonymised with any other known species in the subterraneus -group.

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Zelotes captator (Thorell, 1887) comb. nov., holotype female of Aracus captator Thorell, 1887 (MSNG). 1 habitus, dorsal view; 2 eye group, dorsal view; 3 right chelicera, retrolateral view; 4 anterior lateral spinnerets, ventral view; 5 epigynum, ventral view; 6 original labels in the holotype vial. All figures not to scale. © MSNG, Genova, Italy.