Zelotes corrugatus
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| Common Dark Ground Spider | |
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| A female Zelotes corrugatus in South Africa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Gnaphosidae |
| Genus: | Zelotes |
| Species: | Z. corrugatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Zelotes corrugatus (Purcell, 1907)[1] | |
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Zelotes corrugatus is a species of spider in the family Gnaphosidae.[2] It is commonly known as the common dark ground spider.[3]
Zelotes corrugatus is an African endemic distributed across Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa.[2] The species is common and in South Africa has been recorded from all nine provinces, at altitudes ranging from 26 to 1,752 m above sea level.[3]
The species was originally described from Hanover in the Northern Cape and has a widespread distribution across the country.[3]
Habitat and ecology
Description
Conservation
Zelotes corrugatus is listed as Least Concern by the South African National Biodiversity Institute due to its wide geographic range. There are no significant threats to the species and it is protected in more than 10 protected areas.[3]
