First description of the male of Zelotes haifaensis Levy, 2009(Aranei: Gnaphosidae)

摘要

The male of Zelotes haifaensis Levy, 2009, is described for the first time from topotype material. The species is restricted to the Carmel Range, northern Israel. Spiders of the family Gnaphosidae are rather well studied in Israel thanks to the numerous publications by Gershom Levy [1995, 1998, 1999a,b, 2002, 2004, 2009]. It is the most species-rich family in the country, with 126 species belonging to 27 genera [Zonstein & Marusik, 2013]. The high level of knowledge of this family in Israel can be shown by the number of Gnaphosidae species in Israel (20%) is higher than that in any other Mediterranean country [Zonstein & Marusik, 2013]. Only France, Iberian Peninsula and Italy have more species of ground spiders (169, 168, 144, respectively). Although the family Gnaphosidae is well studied in Israel, 30 species (or % of the whole fauna) are known by one sex.