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Urozelotes rusticus

Creators

  • 1. Arachnology Research Association, London, UK & Fundacion Ariguanabo, San Antonio de los Banos, Cuba & IUCN SSC, Mid-Atlantic Islands Invertebrate Specialist Group, Salisbury, UK
  • 2. Institute for Biological Problems of the North, Magadan, Russia & Altai State University, Barnaul, Russia & Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
  • 3. IUCN SSC, Mid-Atlantic Islands Invertebrate Specialist Group, Salisbury, UK & Conservation & Fisheries Directorate, Ascension Island Government, Georgetown, Ascension Island, UK
  • 4. Kidston Mill, Peebles, Scotland, UK

Description

Urozelotes rusticus (L. Koch, 1842)

Urozelotes rusticus: Platnick and Murphy 1984: 24, figs 55-58 (♂♀).

Zelotes rusticus: Grimm 1985: 221, figs 217b, 218b, 244, 272-273 (♂♀).

Other citations.

For complete list of taxonomic references, see WSC (2023).

Material examined.

Ascension Island • 1♀ Lady Hill; -7.95, -14.37; pitfall trap baited with meat; 3rd March 2022; A. Sharp leg.; ASC F17 3 PFM • 1♂ Cricket Valley; -7.95, -14.34; pitfall trap; 24th March 2022; A. Sharp leg.; ASC K17 3 PFU • 1♀ North of Cocoanut Bay; -7.97, -14.34; pitfall trap baited with jam; 14th January 2022; A. Sharp leg.; ASC K19 3 PFJ • 1♂ Lower Valley Crater; -7.92, -14.34; subterranean pipe trap baited with blue cheese; 29th March 2023; A Sharp leg.; ASC LVC PTC • 1♂, 1♀; Boatswain Bird Island; -7.936, -14.307; hand collected; P. Ashmole and M. Ashmole leg.; ASC 1161 • 1♂ Ascension Island; -7.94, -14.37; collected between August-November 1957; E. A. Duffey leg.; No. 25; NHMUK.

Remarks.

Invasive. Originally described from Tirol in Central Europe, but now known from all continents (WSC 2023). First recorded from Ascension Island by Duffey (1964) as Zelotes rusticus. Recent specimens confirm it is still to be found on the main island.

Notes

Published as part of Sherwood, Danniella, Marusik, Yuri M., Sharp, Adam & Ashmole, Philip, 2023, A survey of Gnaphosidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Ascension Island with description of a new species of Australoechemus Schmidt & Piepho, 1994, pp. 291-302 in African Invertebrates 64 (3) on page 291, DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.64.113946

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Identifiers

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/9A9303142CC054F693F85FE3F10DDADE

Cites
Publication: 10.24436/2 (DOI)
Publication: 10.2307/2401310 (DOI)
Is part of
Journal article: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.64.113946 (DOI)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/F463977101F15247B2F15B62A27D9D43 (URL)
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Biodiversity

Event date
2022-01-14 , 2022-03-03 , 2022-03-24 , 2023-01-01 , 2023-03-29
Family
Gnaphosidae
Genus
Urozelotes
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Araneae
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
L. Koch
Species
rusticus
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2022-01-14 , 2022-03-03 , 2022-03-24 , 2023-01-01/12-31 , 2023-03-29
Taxonomic concept label
Urozelotes rusticus (Koch, 1842) sec. Sherwood, Marusik, Sharp & Ashmole, 2023

References

  • Platnick, NI, Murphy, JA, 1984. A revision of the spider genera Trachyzelotes and Urozelotes (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum Novitates 2792: 1 - 30
  • Grimm, U, 1985. Die Gnaphosidae Mitteleuropas (Arachnida, Araneae). Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF) 26: 1 - 318
  • 2023. . https://doi.org/10.24436/2
  • Duffey, E, 1964. The terrestrial ecology of Ascension Island. Journal of Applied Ecology 1 (2): 219 - 251, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2401310