Zelotes reuteri, Zamani & Marusik, 2025

Zamani, Alireza & Marusik, Yuri M., 2025, New taxonomic and faunistic data on Moroccan spiders (Arachnida: Araneae), including the description of five new species, Zootaxa 5692 (2), pp. 321-337 : 332

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.2.6
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BB63E053-84F3-45C9-AA08-EE0E573868F1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17321646
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AC608784-FFFD-1B6F-25E1-0CD9AD4A8E8B
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Zelotes reuteri
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Zelotes reuteri sp. nov.

Figs 2A View FIGURE 2 , 11A–G View FIGURE 11

Type material. Holotype ♂ ( ZMUT): MOROCCO: Al Haouz Prov . : Oukaïmeden, High Atlas, 31°10'25.1"N, 7°50'40.0"W, 2900 m, 29.IV–11.V.2024 (leg. C. Reuter). GoogleMaps

Etymology. This species is named after Christoph Reuter ( Berlin, Germany), who collected the type material.

Diagnosis. The male of the new species is very similar to that of Zelotes aeneus (Simon, 1878) in having a similar embolus, anterior tegular process ( At), and a long tibial apophysis, but differs by possessing a straight anterior tegular process lacking a tooth ( vs. slightly rounded and bearing a small tooth) (cf. Fig. 11A, C View FIGURE 11 and Muster & Thaler 2000: fig. 3).

Description. Male ( holotype). Habitus as in Fig. 2A View FIGURE 2 . Total length 7.95. Carapace 3.4 long, 2.55 wide. Carapace, sternum, labium and maxillae dark chocolate brown; chelicerae dark reddish brown, with 4(5) pro- and 2(4) retromarginal teeth. Palps light brown; legs dark chocolate brown with faint light markings, distal segments lighter. Abdomen grey, with light brown trapezoid scutum, covering approximately 1/3 of dorsal surface. Spinnerets dark grey. Measurements of palp and legs: palp: 3.1 (1.2, 0.55, 0.35, -, 1.0), I: 9.1 (2.5, 1.55, 1.95, 1.7, 1.4), II: 7.35 (2.05, 1.25, 1.45, 1.35, 1.25), III: 6.4 (1.8, 0.95, 1.2, 1.45, 1.0), IV: 10.15 (2.6, 1.5, 2.0, 2.8, 1.25).

Palp as in Fig. 11A–F View FIGURE 11 ; tibia with long apophysis, almost as long as tibia; cymbium 2× longer than wide, with one antero-prolateral spine; bulb ~2× longer than wide; sperm duct looping 180° prolaterally; tegular apophysis ( Ta) digitiform; anterior tegular process ( At) straight and lacking teeth, tip slightly belt anteriorly; paraembolic membrane ( Me; ‘conductor’) large; embolus ( Em) almost straight.

Female. Unknown.

Habitat. Semi-arid rocky mountain with sparse vegetation ( Fig. 14A View FIGURE 14 ).

Distribution. Known only from the type locality in Al Haouz Province, Morocco.