Urozelotes rusticus
- 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.
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Additional details
Identifiers
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