Zelotes subterraneus

Zelotes subterraneus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Zelotes
Species:
Z. subterraneus
Binomial name
Zelotes subterraneus
(C. L. Koch, 1833)
Synonyms
  • Melanophora subterranea C. L. Koch, 1833
  • Filistata atra Wider, 1834
  • Melanophora violacea C. L. Koch, 1839
  • Drassus ater Blackwall, 1861
  • Prosthesima violacea (C. L. Koch, 1839)
  • Prosthesima subterranea (C. L. Koch, 1833)

Zelotes subterraneus is a species of ground spider from the family Gnaphosidae which has a Palearctic distribution. it is the type species of the genus Zelotes. Its distribution may be somewhat masked by the difficulty of distinguishing this species from Zelotes apricorum and Zelotes latreillei.