Zelotibia paucipapillata Russell-Smith &amp; Murphy 2005
Creators: name: Nzigidahera, Benoît
name: Jocqué, Rudy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Gnaphosidae
Zelotibia
Zelotibia paucipapillata

description: <i>Zelotibia paucipapillata</i> Russell-Smith &amp; Murphy, 2005 Figs 10, 25, 35, 41 <i>Zelotibia similis</i> Russell-Smith &amp; Murphy, 2005 <b>syn. n.</b> <b>Material examined. Type material.</b> <b>Holotype. Female</b> of <i>Zelotibia similis</i>: Burundi. Rusarenda, 3°07’S 29°33’E, 25.III.2002 mountain forest, by hand Nzigidahera Benoît (MRAC 213741). <b>Holotype. Male</b> of <i>Zelotibia paucipapillata</i>: Congo D.R. Kivu, Lwiro, 02°15’S 028°48’E, IX.1964, Bafort J. (MRAC 127428). <b>Other material.</b> All from BURUNDI, Parc National de la Kibira, Rwegura, Mt Musumba, 02°52’S 029°30’E, Nzigidahera B. site 1, mountain heather, <i>Philippia benguelensis,</i> 2650 m: 2&amp;female;: 25.X.2008 (INECN); 1&amp;female;: 25.IV.2008 (INECN); 1♁: 25.II.2008 (INECN); 1♁: 25.VII.2008 (MRAC 226383); 1 ♁: 10.III.2008 (MRAC 226390); site 2, forest with <i>Hagenia abyssinica</i>, 2548m: 3♁, 6&amp;female;: 25.II.2008 (INECN); 4♁, 1&amp;female;: 25.XI.2008 (IN- ECN); 1♁, 2&amp;female;: 10.IX.2008 (INECN); 2&amp;female;: 10.III.2008 (INECN); 1&amp;female;: 25.III.2008 (IN- ECN); 1♁: 10.X.2008 (INECN); 1&amp;female;: 24.IV.2008 (INECN); 1♁: 25.XII.2008 (MRAC 226347); 2 ♁, 1&amp;female;: 25.XII.2008 (MRAC 226351); 1 ♁: 25.VII.2008 (MRAC 226374); 3 &amp;female;: 10.II.2008 (MRAC 226381); 1 ♁: 10.I.2009 (MRAC 226388); 3 &amp;female;: 25.V.2008 (MRAC 226393); site 3, forest with <i>Hagenia abyssinica</i>, 2444 m: 3&amp;female;: 10.V.2008 (IN- ECN); 8♁, 1&amp;female;: 10.III.2008 (INECN); 7♁, 3&amp;female;: 5.II.2008 (INECN); 1♁: 10.XI.2008 (INECN); 1♁, 1&amp;female;: 25.VII.2008 (INECN); 4♁, 2&amp;female;: 10.XII.2008 (INECN); 1&amp;female;: 26.I.2008 (INECN); 1♁: 10.IV.2008 (INECN); 2♁: 25.VIII.2008 (INECN); 2♁, 3&amp;female;: 25.X.2008 (INECN); 2♁: 10.VII.2008 (INECN); 2♁, 1&amp;female;: 10.IX.2008 (INECN); 2♁: 25.XII.2008 (MRAC 226346); 8♁: 10.II.2008 (MRAC 226349); 2♁: 10.X.2008 (MRAC 226352); 2♁, 1&amp;female;: 10.VIII.2008 (MRAC 226354); 2♁, 2&amp;female;: 10.VI.2008 (MRAC 226365); 3♁, 1&amp;female;: 25.IX.2008 (MRAC 226369); 1&amp;female;: 25.V.2008 (MRAC 226385); 2&amp;female;: 10.II.2008 (MRAC 226394); site 4, forest with <i>Macaranga neomildbraediana</i> and <i>Polyscias fulva,</i> 2352m: 2♁: 25.VI.2008 (INECN); 1♁, 2&amp;female;: 25.VII.2008 INECN); 2♁, 2&amp;female;: 10.IX.2008 (INECN); 1&amp;female;: 25.VI.2008 (INECN); 3♁, 4&amp;female;: 25.XI.2008 (INECN); 1♁: 25.IX.2008 (INECN); 1♁: 25.X.2008 (INECN); 1 ♁, 4&amp;female;: 10.I.2009 (MRAC 226348); ♁, 6&amp;female;: 26.I.2008 (MRAC 226350); 3♁, 3&amp;female;: 25.IV.2008 (MRAC 226353); 1♁, 1&amp;female;: 25.XII.2008 (MRAC 226355); 1♁, 1&amp;female;: 25.XII.2008 (MRAC 226356); 1&amp;female;: 25.VI.2008 (MRAC 226360); 13&amp;female;: 10.II.2008 (MRAC 226361); 8&amp;female;: 26.I.2008 (MRAC 226364); 1♁: 10.III.2008 (MRAC 226366); 2♁: 10.X.2008 (MRAC 226367); 7♁, 5&amp;female;: 25.II.2008 (MRAC 226370); 13&amp;female;: 25.III.2008 (MRAC 226371); 2♁: 10.III.2008 (MRAC 226372); 13&amp;female;: 10.IV.2008 (MRAC 226373); 2♁, 1&amp;female;: 25.V.2008 (MRAC 226376); 2♁, 2&amp;female;: 10.VII.2008 (MRAC 226378); 3♁: 25.III.2008 (MRAC 226379); 2♁, 1&amp;female;: 25.VIII.2008 (MRAC 226384); 5♁: 10.IV.2008 (MRAC 226389); 4♁: 10.III.2008 (MRAC 226392); site 5, forest with <i>Carapa grandiflora</i> and <i>Polyscias fulva,</i> 2252m: 1♁: 25.XI.2008 (INECN); 1&amp;female;: 25.VI.2008 (INECN); 6&amp;female;: 10.III.2008 (MRAC 226357); 1♁, 2&amp;female;: 25.V.2008 (MRAC 226358); 1♁: 10.VII.2008 (MRAC 226362); 1&amp;female;: 25.VII.2008 (MRAC 226380); 1&amp;female;: 25.IV.2008 (MRAC 226386); 1&amp;female;: 12.II.2008 (MRAC 226387); site 6, forest with <i>Carapa grandiflora</i> and <i>Polyscias fulva</i>, 2150m: 1♁: 10.IX.2008 (IN- ECN); 1&amp;female;: 10.II.2008 (MRAC 226368); site 7, tea plantation, 2100m: 1&amp;female;: 10.III.2008 (INECN); 5♁, 4&amp;female;: 25.III.2008 (INECN); 2♁: 10.X.2008 (INECN); 3♁: 10.XII.2008 (INECN); 1&amp;female;: 25.XI.2008 (INECN); 3♁: 25.X.2008 (MRAC 226359); 3♁: 10.II.2008 (MRAC 226375); 1&amp;female;: 10.VI.2008 (MRAC 226377); 1&amp;female;: 10.IV.2008 (MRAC 226382); 1&amp;female;: 10.II.2008 (MRAC 226391). <b>Remark.</b> The habitus of the female of <i>Zelotibia similis</i> is very similar to that of the male of <i>Zelotibia paucipapillata.</i> As specimens have been caught together many times in the Rusarenda area, <i>Z. similis</i> is regarded a synonym of <i>Z. paucipapillata</i> which has page priority.
description: Published as part of <i>Nzigidahera, Benoît &amp; Jocqué, Rudy, 2009, An of Zelotibia (Araneae, Gnaphosidae), a spider genus with a species swarm in the Albertine Rift, pp. 1-28 in ZooKeys 13 (13)</i> on pages 19-20, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.13.145, http://zenodo.org/record/576463
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