Algarvezelotes

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Algarvezelotes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Algarvezelotes
Wunderlich, 2023 [1]
Species:
A. unidentatus
Binomial name
Algarvezelotes unidentatus
Wunderlich, 2023 [2]

Algarvezelotes is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Gnaphosidae containing the single species, Algarvezelotes unidentatus. [2] Only the male is known. [1]

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Distribution

Algarvezelotes unidentatus has been recorded only from the Algarve region of Portugal. [2]

Etymology

The genus name is a combination of Algarve (where the spider was found) and the related genus Zelotes . [1]

The name of the species is Latin for "single-toothed", referring to the single tooth of the posterior margin of the fang furrow. [1]

Taxonomy

The genus was placed in tribe Zelotini and family Fonteferreidae (spelled Fonteferridae) by its author. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Wunderlich, J. (2023). "Contribution to the spider (Araneida) fauna of the Algarve, Portugal, with notes on the phylogeny of the superfamily Araneoidea and the description of the new araneoid family Fonteferridae". Beiträge zur Araneologie. 16: 4–112, 231–233.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gen. Algarvezelotes Wunderlich, 2023". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-21.


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