Tuneva T.K.1, Ponomarev A.V.2 2019. First description of the female Zelotes occultus Tuneva et Esyunin, 2003 (Aranei: Gnaphosidae) with data on the distribution of the species // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.28. No.3: 445–447 [in English].
1 Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 8th March Str., 202, Ekaterinburg 620144 Russia. E-mail: tuneva@ipae.uran.ru
2 Southern Scientific Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences, Chekhov Str., 41, Rostov-on-Don 344006 Russia. E-mail: ponomarev1952@mail.ru
doi: 10.15298/arthsel.28.3.09
ABSTRACT. The female of Zelotes occultus Tuneva et Esyunin, 2003 is described for the first time on the basis of newly collected material from the Volgograd and Rostov Areas of Russia. The species seems confined to the steppe zone south-east of the Russian Plain and inhabits plains of large rivers.
KEY WORDS: Araneae, spider, steppe zone, Russia.