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Zelotes

Zelotes is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by J. Gistel in 1848.

Description

Zelotes are small to medium-sized spiders (5-10 mm) that are usually darkish in colour, ranging from dark reddish brown to almost black. The carapace is ovate and narrower in front, with a median fovea.

The anterior median eyes are circular and dark, while posterior median eyes are irregular and light. The abdomen is ovate, and legs are of medium length with leg formula IV, I, II, III. A distinctive pale patch is frequently present on the inside of femora I, and a preening comb is present on metatarsi III and/or IV.

Species

, this genus includes 408 species.

These species have articles on Wikipedia:

  • Z. abdurakhmanovi <small>Ponomarev, 2018</small> – Kazakhstan
  • Z. acapulcoanus <small>Gertsch & Davis, 1940</small> – Mexico
  • Z. acarnanicus <small>Lissner & Chatzaki, 2018</small> – Greece
  • Z. adderet <small>, 2009</small> – Israel
  • Z. aeneus <small>(Simon, 1878)</small> – Madeira, Europe, Turkey, Azerbaijan
  • Z. aerosus <small>Charitonov, 1946</small> – Greece (Crete), Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan
  • Z. aestus <small>(, 1923)</small> – Namibia, South Africa
  • Z. aiken <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1983</small> – United States
  • Z. albanicus <small>(Hewitt, 1915)</small> – South Africa
  • Z. albomaculatus <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901)</small> – South Africa
  • Z. alpujarraensis <small>Senglet, 2011</small> – Spain, Iran
  • Z. altissimus <small>Hu, 1989</small> – China
  • Z. anatolyi <small>Fomichev & Marusik, 2021</small> – Kazakhstan, Tajikistan
  • Z. anchoralis <small>Denis, 1958</small> – Afghanistan
  • Z. andreinii <small>Reimoser, 1937</small> – Ethiopia, Uganda
  • Z. anglo <small>Gertsch & Riechert, 1976</small> – United States, Mexico
  • Z. angolensis <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Angola
  • Z. annamarieae <small>Lissner, 2017</small> – Canary Islands
  • Z. anthereus <small>Chamberlin, 1936</small> – United States
  • Z. apricorum <small>(L. Koch, 1876)</small> – Europe, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Iran
  • Z. argoliensis <small>(C. L. Koch, 1839)</small> – Albania, Greece
  • Z. aridus <small>(Purcell, 1907)</small> – Tanzania, Namibia, South Africa
  • Z. arnoldii <small>Charitonov, 1946</small> – Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan
  • Z. ashae <small>Tikader & Gajbe, 1976</small> – India
  • Z. asiaticus <small>( & Strand, 1906)</small> – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan
  • Z. atlanticus <small>(Simon, 1909)</small> – Morocco
  • Z. atrocaeruleus <small>(Simon, 1878)</small> – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia, (Europe), China
  • Z. aurantiacus <small>Miller, 1967</small> – Central, eastern Europe, Turkey, Caucasus (Russia)
  • Z. azsheganovae <small>Esyunin & Efimik, 1992</small> – Ukraine, Russia (Europe to South Siberia, Kamchatka), Kazakhstan
  • Z. babunaensis <small>(Drensky, 1929)</small> – North Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, Iran
  • Z. baeticoides <small>Wunderlich, 2023</small> – Portugal
  • Z. baeticus <small>Senglet, 2011</small> – Spain
  • Z. bajo <small>Platnick & , 1983</small> – Mexico
  • Z. balcanicus <small>Deltshev, 2006</small> – Italy, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, Turkey, Israel
  • Z. baltistanus <small>Caporiacco, 1934</small> – Pakistan, Russia (South and north-eastern Siberia), Mongolia
  • Z. baltoroi <small>Caporiacco, 1934</small> – Pakistan, India
  • Z. bambari <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Central African Republic
  • Z. banana <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Congo
  • Z. barbarella <small>Wunderlich, 2022</small> – Portugal
  • Z. barbarus <small>(Simon, 1885)</small> – Algeria, Tunisia
  • Z. barkol <small>Platnick & Song, 1986</small> – Russia (South Siberia), China
  • Z. bashaneus <small>Levy, 1998</small> – Israel
  • Z. bassari <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Togo
  • Z. bastardi <small>(Simon, 1896)</small> – DR Congo, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Madagascar
  • Z. beijianensis <small>Hu & Wu, 1989</small> – China
  • Z. berytensis <small>(Simon, 1884)</small> – Syria
  • Z. bharatae <small>Gajbe, 2005</small> – India
  • Z. bicolor <small>Hu & Wu, 1989</small> – China
  • Z. bifukaensis <small>Kamura, 2000</small> – Japan
  • Z. bifurcutis <small>Zhang, Zhu & Tso, 2009</small> – Taiwan
  • Z. birmanicus <small>(Simon, 1884)</small> – Myanmar
  • Z. bokerensis <small>Levy, 1998</small> – Israel
  • Z. boluensis <small>Wunderlich, 2011</small> – Bulgaria, Turkey
  • Z. bozbalus <small>Roewer, 1961</small> – Afghanistan
  • Z. brennanorum <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Malawi, Zimbabwe
  • Z. broomi <small>(Purcell, 1907)</small> – South Africa
  • Z. butarensis <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – West Africa, Central Africa
  • Z. butembo <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Congo
  • Z. calactinus <small>Di Franco, 1989</small> – Italy (Sicily)
  • Z. calcuttaensis <small>(Biswas, 1984)</small> – India
  • Z. caldarius <small>(Purcell, 1907)</small> – Botswana, South Africa
  • Z. callidus <small>(Simon, 1878)</small> – Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Malta, Morocco, Algeria
  • Z. cantonensis <small>Platnick & Song, 1986</small> – China
  • Z. capensis <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – South Africa
  • Z. capiliae <small>Barrion & Litsinger, 1995</small> – Philippines
  • Z. caprearum <small>(, 1875)</small> – Italy
  • Z. caprivi <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Namibia
  • Z. capsula <small>Tucker, 1923</small> – South Africa
  • Z. captator <small>(Thorell, 1887)</small> – Myanmar
  • Z. caracasanus <small>(Simon, 1893)</small> – Venezuela
  • Z. caspius <small>Ponomarev & Tsvetkov, 2006</small> – Kazakhstan
  • Z. cassinensis <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Guinea-Bissau
  • Z. catholicus <small>Chamberlin, 1924</small> – Mexico
  • Z. cayucos <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1983</small> – United States
  • Z. chandosiensis <small>Tikader & Gajbe, 1976</small> – India
  • Z. chaniaensis <small>Senglet, 2011</small> – Greece (Crete), Iran?
  • Z. chinguli <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa
  • Z. chotorus <small>Roewer, 1961</small> – Afghanistan
  • Z. choubeyi <small>Tikader & Gajbe, 1979</small> – India
  • Z. cingarus <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874)</small> – Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Tajikistan
  • Z. clivicola <small>(L. Koch, 1870)</small> – Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan
  • Z. coeruleus <small>(Holmberg, 1876)</small> – Argentina
  • Z. comparilis <small>(Simon, 1886)</small> – Senegal, Burkina Faso
  • Z. cordiger <small>(L. Koch, 1875)</small> – Ethiopia
  • Z. cordubensis <small>Senglet, 2011</small> – Spain
  • Z. cornipalpus <small>Melic, Silva & Barrientos, 2016</small> – Portugal, Spain
  • Z. corrugatus <small>(Purcell, 1907)</small> – Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa
  • Z. creticus <small>(Kulczyński, 1903)</small> – Greece (Crete)
  • Z. criniger <small>Denis, 1937</small> – Portugal, Spain, Italy, Algeria
  • Z. cruz <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1983</small> – United States
  • Z. cyanescens <small>Simon, 1914</small> – Spain, France
  • Z. dagestanus <small>Ponomarev, 2019</small> – Caucasus (Russia, Azerbaijan)
  • Z. davidi <small>(Simon, 1884)</small> – Libya, Syria
  • Z. davidi <small>Schenkel, 1963</small> – China, Korea, Japan
  • Z. desioi <small>Caporiacco, 1934</small> – India
  • Z. devotus <small>Grimm, 1982</small> – Alps (Switzerland, Austria, Italy)
  • Z. dingnan <small>Liu, 2022</small> – China
  • Z. discens <small>Chamberlin, 1922</small> – United States
  • Z. distinctissimus <small>Caporiacco, 1929</small> – Greece
  • Z. doddieburni <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Zimbabwe, South Africa
  • Z. donan <small>Kamura, 1999</small> – Japan (Ryukyu Islands)
  • Z. donnanae <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Congo
  • Z. duplex <small>Chamberlin, 1922</small> – Canada, United States
  • Z. egregioides <small>Senglet, 2011</small> – Portugal, Spain, France, Italy (Sicily)
  • Z. egregius <small>Simon, 1914</small> – Spain, Andorra, France, Italy, Caucasus (Russia, Azerbaijan)
  • Z. electus <small>(C. L. Koch, 1839)</small> – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan, Iran, Turkmenistan
  • Z. erebeus <small>(Thorell, 1871)</small> – Europe, Turkey
  • Z. eremus <small>Levy, 1998</small> – Israel
  • Z. ernsti <small>(Simon, 1893)</small> – Venezuela
  • Z. erythrocephalus <small>(Lucas, 1846)</small> – Spain, Morocco, Algeria
  • Z. eskovi <small>Zhang & Song, 2001</small> – China, Korea
  • Z. eugenei <small>Kovblyuk, 2009</small> – Bulgaria, Greece, Ukraine, Russia (Europe, Caucasus)
  • Z. exiguoides <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1983</small> – Canada, United States
  • Z. exiguus <small>(Müller & Schenkel, 1895)</small> – Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), China, Korea, Japan, Turkey?
  • Z. fagei <small>Denis, 1955</small> – Niger, Egypt, Iraq
  • Z. faisalabadensis <small>Butt & Beg, 2004</small> – Pakistan
  • Z. femellus <small>(L. Koch, 1866)</small> – Southern Europe
  • Z. flabellis <small>Zhang, Zhu & Tso, 2009</small> – Taiwan
  • Z. flagellans <small>(L. Koch, 1882)</small> – Portugal, Spain
  • Z. flavens <small>(L. Koch, 1873)</small> – Australia (Western Australia)
  • Z. flavimanus <small>(C. L. Koch, 1839)</small> – Greece
  • Z. flavitarsis <small>(Purcell, 1908)</small> – South Africa
  • Z. florisbad <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – South Africa
  • Z. florodes <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1983</small> – United States
  • Z. foresta <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1983</small> – United States
  • Z. fratris <small>Chamberlin, 1920</small> – Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East), Alaska, Canada, United States, Mexico
  • Z. frenchi <small>Tucker, 1923</small> – Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa
  • Z. fuligineus <small>(Purcell, 1907)</small> – Ethiopia, DR Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho
  • Z. fulvaster <small>(Simon, 1878)</small> – France (Corsica), Italy, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Russia (Europe), Iran
  • Z. fulvopilosus <small>(Simon, 1878)</small> – Portugal, Spain, France
  • Z. funereus <small>(Dalmas, 1921)</small> – St. Helena
  • Z. funestus <small>(Keyserling, 1887)</small> – United States
  • Z. fuscimanus <small>(Kroneberg, 1875)</small> – Uzbekistan
  • Z. fuscorufus <small>(Simon, 1878)</small> – Spain, France (Corsica), Italy, Algeria, Libya
  • Z. fuscus <small>(Thorell, 1875)</small> – Ukraine, Russia (Europe, Caucasus), Kazakhstan
  • Z. fuzeta <small>Wunderlich, 2011</small> – Portugal
  • Z. gabriel <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1983</small> – United States
  • Z. gallicus <small>Simon, 1914</small> – Europe, Caucasus (Russia), Kazakhstan
  • Z. galunae <small>Levy, 1998</small> – Israel
  • Z. gattefossei <small>Denis, 1952</small> – Morocco
  • Z. gertschi <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1983</small> – United States, Mexico
  • Z. geshur <small>Levy, 2009</small> – Israel
  • Z. golanensis <small>Levy, 2009</small> – Israel
  • Z. gooldi <small>(Purcell, 1907)</small> – Namibia, Botswana, South Africa
  • Z. graecus <small>(L. Koch, 1867)</small> – Greece
  • Z. griswoldi <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1983</small> – United States
  • Z. grovus <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1983</small> – United States
  • Z. guineanus <small>(Simon, 1907)</small> – West, Central, East Africa
  • Z. gussakovskyi <small>Charitonov, 1951</small> – Tajikistan
  • Z. gynethus <small>Chamberlin, 1919</small> – United States
  • Z. haifaensis <small>Levy, 2009</small> – Israel
  • Z. hanangensis <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Tanzania
  • Z. haplodrassoides <small>(Denis, 1955)</small> – Niger, Ethiopia, South Africa
  • Z. hardwar <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1983</small> – Jamaica
  • Z. harmeron <small>Levy, 2009</small> – North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Iran
  • Z. haroni <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Zimbabwe, Malawi
  • Z. hayashii <small>Kamura, 1987</small> – Japan
  • Z. hazarmerdensis <small>Zamani & Marusik, 2024</small> – Iraq
  • Z. helanshan <small>Tang, Urita, Song & Zhao, 1997</small> – Russia (Altai), China
  • Z. helicoides <small>Chatzaki, 2010</small> – Greece (Crete)
  • Z. helsdingeni <small>Zhang & Song, 2001</small> – China
  • Z. henderickxi <small>Bosselaers, 2012</small> – Canary Islands
  • Z. hentzi <small>Barrows, 1945</small> – Canada, United States
  • Z. hermani <small>(Chyzer, 1897)</small> – Central Europe, Russia (Europe, Caucasus), Turkey, Georgia
  • Z. hirtus <small>(Thorell, 1875)</small> – France
  • Z. hispaliensis <small>Senglet, 2011</small> – Spain
  • Z. histio <small>Chatzaki, 2021</small> – Greece
  • Z. holguin <small>Alayón, 1992</small> – Cuba
  • Z. hospitus <small>(Simon, 1897)</small> – Pakistan
  • Z. hui <small>Platnick & Song, 1986</small> – Kazakhstan, China
  • Z. humilis <small>(Purcell, 1907)</small> – Zimbabwe, South Africa
  • Z. hummeli <small>Schenkel, 1936</small> – Kazakhstan, China
  • Z. hyrcanus <small>Zamani, Chatzaki, Esyunin & Marusik, 2021</small> – Iran
  • Z. ibayensis <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Tanzania
  • Z. icenoglei <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1983</small> – United States
  • Z. illustris <small>Butt & Beg, 2004</small> – Pakistan
  • Z. imazigheni <small>Barrientos, 2024</small> – Spain
  • Z. incertissimus <small>Caporiacco, 1934</small> – Libya
  • Z. inderensis <small>Ponomarev & Tsvetkov, 2006</small> – Kazakhstan
  • Z. inglenook <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1983</small> – United States
  • Z. inqayi <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Congo
  • Z. insulanus <small>(L. Koch, 1867)</small> – Greece
  • Z. insulanus <small>Dalmas, 1922</small> – Italy
  • Z. invidus <small>(Purcell, 1907)</small> – Namibia, South Africa
  • Z. iriomotensis <small>Kamura, 1994</small> – Japan
  • Z. itandae <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Congo
  • Z. ivieorum <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1983</small> – Mexico
  • Z. jabalpurensis <small>Tikader & Gajbe, 1976</small> – India
  • Z. jakesi <small>Zamani & Marusik, 2022</small> – Iraq
  • Z. jamaicensis <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1983</small> – Jamaica
  • Z. jocquei <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Kenya
  • Z. josephine <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1983</small> – United States
  • Z. katombora <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Zimbabwe
  • Z. keumjeungsanensis <small>Paik, 1986</small> – China, Korea
  • Z. khatlonicus <small>Fomichev & Marusik, 2021</small> – Tajikistan
  • Z. khostensis <small>Kovblyuk & Ponomarev, 2008</small> – Italy, Caucasus (Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan), Iran
  • Z. kimi <small>Paik, 1992</small> – Korea
  • Z. kimwha <small>Paik, 1986</small> – Russia (Far East), Korea, Japan
  • Z. konarus <small>Roewer, 1961</small> – Afghanistan
  • Z. kulempikus <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Kenya
  • Z. kulukhunus <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Burkina Faso, Chad
  • Z. kumazomba <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Malawi
  • Z. kuncinyanus <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – South Africa
  • Z. kuntzi <small>Denis, 1953</small> – Yemen
  • Z. kusumae <small>Tikader, 1982</small> – India
  • Z. laccus <small>(Barrows, 1919)</small> – Canada, United States
  • Z. laconicus <small>Senglet, 2011</small> – Greece
  • Z. laetus <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)</small> – North Africa, Senegal, Kenya, Portugal, France, Greece (Crete), Turkey, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran., Introduced to Hawaii, United States, Mexico, Peru, Galapagos, Ascension Island
  • Z. laghmanus <small>Roewer, 1961</small> – Afghanistan
  • Z. lagrecai <small>Di Franco, 1994</small> – Portugal, Spain, Morocco
  • Z. lapiazi <small>Lecigne, 2025</small> – Morocco
  • Z. lapicidinae <small>Wunderlich, 2024</small> – Portugal
  • Z. lasalanus <small>Chamberlin, 1928</small> – Canada, United States, Mexico
  • Z. latreillei <small>(Simon, 1878)</small> – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan
  • Z. lavus <small>Tucker, 1923</small> – Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa
  • Z. lehavim <small>Levy, 2009</small> – Israel
  • Z. liaoi <small>Platnick & Song, 1986</small> – China, Taiwan
  • Z. lichenyensis <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Malawi
  • Z. lightfooti <small>(Purcell, 1907)</small> – South Africa
  • Z. limnatis <small>Chatzaki & Russell-Smith, 2017</small> – Greece, Cyprus
  • Z. lividus <small>Mello-Leitão, 1943</small> – Argentina
  • Z. longinquus <small>(L. Koch, 1866)</small> – Algeria
  • Z. longipes <small>(L. Koch, 1866)</small> – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Mongolia, China, Korea
  • Z. lotzi <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – South Africa
  • Z. lubumbashi <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Congo
  • Z. lutorius <small>(Tullgren, 1910)</small> – Tanzania
  • Z. lymnophilus <small>Chamberlin, 1936</small> – United States
  • Z. maccaricus <small>Di Franco, 1998</small> – Italy (Sicily)
  • Z. maindroni <small>(Simon, 1905)</small> – India
  • Z. mandae <small>Tikader & Gajbe, 1979</small> – India
  • Z. mandlaensis <small>Tikader & Gajbe, 1976</small> – India
  • Z. manius <small>(Simon, 1878)</small> – Portugal, Spain, France
  • Z. manzae <small>(Strand, 1908)</small> – Canary Islands
  • Z. maroccanus <small>Zamani & Marusik, 2025</small> – Morocco
  • Z. mashonus <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – DR Congo, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa
  • Z. matobensis <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Zimbabwe
  • Z. mayanus <small>Chamberlin & Ivie, 1938</small> – Mexico
  • Z. mazumbai <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Tanzania
  • Z. mediocris <small>(Kulczyński, 1901)</small> – Ethiopia
  • Z. meinsohni <small>Denis, 1954</small> – Morocco
  • Z. meronensis <small>Levy, 1998</small> – Israel
  • Z. mesa <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1983</small> – United States, Mexico
  • Z. messinai <small>Di Franco, 1995</small> – Italy (Sicily)
  • Z. metellus <small>Roewer, 1928</small> – France, Italy, Albania, Greece, Iran, Israel, Russia (Europe)
  • Z. mikhailovi <small>Marusik, 1995</small> – Russia (Europe), Kazakhstan, Mongolia
  • Z. minous <small>Chatzaki, 2003</small> – Greece (Crete, Karpathos)
  • Z. miramar <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1983</small> – Mexico
  • Z. mkomazi <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Tanzania
  • Z. moestus <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898)</small> – Mexico
  • Z. monachus <small>Chamberlin, 1924</small> – United States, Mexico
  • Z. monodens <small>Chamberlin, 1936</small> – United States
  • Z. mosioatunya <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • Z. muizenbergensis <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – South Africa
  • Z. mulanjensis <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Malawi
  • Z. mundus <small>(Kulczyński, 1897)</small> – Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan, Iran, China
  • Z. murcidus <small>Simon, 1914</small> – France
  • Z. murphyorum <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Kenya
  • Z. musapi <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Zimbabwe
  • Z. nainitalensis <small>Tikader & Gajbe, 1976</small> – India
  • Z. naliniae <small>Tikader & Gajbe, 1979</small> – India
  • Z. namaquus <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – South Africa
  • Z. namibensis <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Namibia, South Africa
  • Z. nannodes <small>Chamberlin, 1936</small> – United States
  • Z. naphthalii <small>Levy, 2009</small> – Israel
  • Z. nasikensis <small>Tikader & Gajbe, 1976</small> – India
  • Z. natalensis <small>Tucker, 1923</small> – Mozambique, South Africa
  • Z. ngomensis <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – South Africa
  • Z. nilgirinus <small>Reimoser, 1934</small> – India
  • Z. nishikawai <small>Kamura, 2010</small> – Taiwan
  • Z. nyathii <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Congo, Botswana, Zimbabwe
  • Z. oblongus <small>(C. L. Koch, 1833)</small> – Europe, Turkey
  • Z. ocala <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1983</small> – United States
  • Z. occidentalis <small>Melic, 2014</small> – Portugal, Spain
  • Z. occultus <small>Tuneva & Esyunin, 2003</small> – Russia (Europe, Urals)
  • Z. olympi <small>(Kulczyński, 1903)</small> – Kosovo, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Ukraine, Russia (Caucasus)
  • Z. orenburgensis <small>Tuneva & Esyunin, 2003</small> – Ukraine, Russia (Europe, Caucasus), Kazakhstan
  • Z. oryx <small>(Simon, 1880)</small> – Morocco, Algeria
  • Z. otavi <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Namibia, Botswana, South Africa
  • Z. ovambensis <small>Lawrence, 1927</small> – Namibia, South Africa
  • Z. ovtsharenkoi <small>Zhang & Song, 2001</small> – China
  • Z. pakistaniensis <small>Butt & Beg, 2004</small> – Pakistan
  • Z. pallidipes <small>Tucker, 1923</small> – Namibia, South Africa
  • Z. paradderet <small>Levy, 2009</small> – Israel
  • Z. paraegregius <small>Wunderlich, 2012</small> – Canary Islands
  • Z. paranaensis <small>Mello-Leitão, 1947</small> – Brazil
  • Z. parascrutatus <small>Levy, 1998</small> – Greece (Rhodes), Israel
  • Z. paroculus <small>Simon, 1914</small> – France, Italy
  • Z. parvioculi <small>(Wunderlich, 2022)</small> – Portugal
  • Z. pediculatoides <small>Senglet, 2011</small> – Spain
  • Z. pediculatus <small>Marinaro, 1968</small> – Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Israel
  • Z. pedimaculosus <small>Tucker, 1923</small> – Namibia
  • Z. perditus <small>Chamberlin, 1922</small> – United States
  • Z. petrensis <small>(C. L. Koch, 1839)</small> – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Central Asia
  • Z. petrophilus <small>Chamberlin, 1936</small> – United States
  • Z. pexus <small>(Simon, 1885)</small> – India
  • Z. piceus <small>(Kroneberg, 1875)</small> – Tajikistan
  • Z. piercy <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1983</small> – United States
  • Z. pinos <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1983</small> – United States
  • Z. planiger <small>Roewer, 1961</small> – Afghanistan
  • Z. plumiger <small>(L. Koch, 1882)</small> – Spain (Majorca)
  • Z. pluridentatus <small>Marinaro, 1968</small> – Algeria
  • Z. poecilochroaeformis <small>Denis, 1937</small> – Algeria, Tunisia, Malta
  • Z. poonaensis <small>Tikader & Gajbe, 1976</small> – India
  • Z. potanini <small>Schenkel, 1963</small> – Russia (Urals to Far East), Kazakhstan, Iran, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan
  • Z. prishutovae <small>Ponomarev & Tsvetkov, 2006</small> – Greece, Turkey, Ukraine, Russia (Europe)
  • Z. pseudoapricorum <small>Schenkel, 1963</small> – Kazakhstan, China
  • Z. pseudogallicus <small>Ponomarev, 2007</small> – Ukraine, Russia (Europe to West Siberia), Kazakhstan
  • Z. pseudopusillus <small>Caporiacco, 1934</small> – India
  • Z. pseustes <small>Chamberlin, 1922</small> – United States, Mexico
  • Z. pulchellus <small>Butt & Beg, 2004</small> – Pakistan
  • Z. pulchripes <small>(Purcell, 1908)</small> – South Africa
  • Z. pullus <small>(Bryant, 1936)</small> – United States
  • Z. puritanus <small>Chamberlin, 1922</small> – Alaska, Canada, United States, Mexico, Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Iran
  • Z. pyrenaeus <small>Di Franco & Blick, 2003</small> – France
  • Z. quipungo <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Angola
  • Z. qwabergensis <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – South Africa
  • Z. radiatus <small>Lawrence, 1928</small> – Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa
  • Z. rainier <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1983</small> – United States
  • Z. reduncus <small>(Purcell, 1907)</small> – South Africa, Lesotho
  • Z. reimoseri <small>Roewer, 1951</small> – France
  • Z. remyi <small>Denis, 1954</small> – Algeria
  • Z. resolution <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – South Africa
  • Z. reuteri <small>Zamani & Marusik, 2025</small> – Morocco
  • Z. rinske <small>van Helsdingen, 2012</small> – Italy
  • Z. rothschildi <small>(Simon, 1909)</small> – Ethiopia, Congo
  • Z. rufi <small>Efimik, 1997</small> – Russia (Europe), Kazakhstan
  • Z. rugege <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Congo, Rwanda
  • Z. rungwensis <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Tanzania
  • Z. sajali <small>Tikader & Gajbe, 1979</small> – India
  • Z. sanmen <small>Platnick & Song, 1986</small> – China
  • Z. santos <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1983</small> – Mexico
  • Z. sarawakensis <small>(Thorell, 1890)</small> – Iran, Pakistan, Indonesia, (Borneo)
  • Z. sardus <small>(Canestrini, 1873)</small> – France, Italy
  • Z. sataraensis <small>Tikader & Gajbe, 1979</small> – India
  • Z. sclateri <small>Tucker, 1923</small> – South Africa, Lesotho
  • Z. scrutatus <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)</small> – Canary Islands, Italy (Sicily), Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Africa, Central Asia
  • Z. segrex <small>(Simon, 1878)</small> – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia, (Europe)
  • Z. serratus <small>Wunderlich, 2011</small> – Portugal, Spain
  • Z. shabae <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Congo
  • Z. shaked <small>Levy, 1998</small> – Greece, Turkey, Israel
  • Z. shantae <small>Tikader, 1982</small> – India, China
  • Z. siculus <small>(Simon, 1878)</small> – Italy (Sicily)
  • Z. similis <small>(Kulczyński, 1887)</small> – Italy, Central Europe, Ukraine and Turkey
  • Z. sindi <small>Caporiacco, 1934</small> – Pakistan, India
  • Z. singroboensis <small>, 1965</small> – Ivory Coast
  • Z. siyabonga <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Zimbabwe
  • Z. skinnerensis <small>Platnick & Prentice, 1999</small> – United States
  • Z. somaliensis <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Somalia
  • Z. songus <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – South Africa
  • Z. soulouensis <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Burkina Faso
  • Z. spadix <small>(L. Koch, 1866)</small> – Portugal, Spain, Greece, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia
  • Z. spilosus <small>Yin, 2012</small> – China
  • Z. spinulosus <small>Denis, 1958</small> – Afghanistan
  • Z. stolidus <small>(Simon, 1880)</small> – Algeria, Libya
  • Z. strandi <small>(Nosek, 1905)</small> – Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey
  • Z. subaeneus <small>(Simon, 1886)</small> – Senegal
  • Z. subterraneus <small>(C. L. Koch, 1833)</small> – Europe, Cyprus, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Central Asia, China (type species)
  • Z. sula <small>Lowrie & Gertsch, 1955</small> – Russia (Far East), Alaska, Canada, United States, Mexico
  • Z. surekhae <small>Tikader & Gajbe, 1976</small> – India
  • Z. swelus <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Congo
  • Z. taliblii <small>Nuruyeva, Ponomarev & Snegovaya, 2025</small> – Azerbaijan
  • Z. talpa <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1983</small> – Mexico
  • Z. talpinus <small>(L. Koch, 1872)</small> – Western, Central Europe, Italy
  • Z. tambaramensis <small>Caleb & Mathai, 2013</small> – India
  • Z. tarsalis <small>Fage, 1929</small> – Algeria, Libya
  • Z. tendererus <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • Z. tenuis <small>(L. Koch, 1866)</small> – Mediterranean and Central Europe, Russia, (Caucasus), Introduced to Galapagos Is., United States
  • Z. tetramamillatus <small>(Caporiacco, 1947)</small> – Tanzania
  • Z. thorelli <small>Simon, 1914</small> – Portugal, Spain, France
  • Z. tongdao <small>Yin, Bao & Zhang, 1999</small> – China
  • Z. tortuosus <small>Kamura, 1987</small> – Korea, Japan
  • Z. tragicus <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)</small> – Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Chad, Ethiopia, Israel
  • Z. trimaculatus <small>Mello-Leitão, 1930</small> – Brazil
  • Z. tristis <small>(Thorell, 1871)</small> – Sweden
  • Z. tropicalis <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – West, Central Africa
  • Z. tsaii <small>Platnick & Song, 1986</small> – China
  • Z. tuckeri <small>Roewer, 1951</small> – Ethiopia, East Africa, Kenya, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa
  • Z. tulare <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1983</small> – United States
  • Z. tuobus <small>Chamberlin, 1919</small> – Canada, United States
  • Z. turanicus <small>Charitonov, 1946</small> – Uzbekistan
  • Z. turcicus <small>Seyyar, Demir & Aktaş, 2010</small> – Turkey
  • Z. ubicki <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1983</small> – Mexico
  • Z. uniformis <small>Mello-Leitão, 1941</small> – Argentina
  • Z. union <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1983</small> – Mexico
  • Z. univittatus <small>(Simon, 1897)</small> – Pakistan
  • Z. uquathus <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – South Africa
  • Z. uronesae <small>Melic, 2014</small> – Spain
  • Z. vespertinus <small>(Thorell, 1875)</small> – France, Italy, Bulgaria, North Macedonia
  • Z. vikela <small>FitzPatrick, 2007</small> – Senegal
  • Z. viola <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1983</small> – United States
  • Z. viveki <small>Gajbe, 2005</small> – India
  • Z. wallacei <small>Melic, Silva & Barrientos, 2016</small> – Portugal, Spain
  • Z. wuchangensis <small>Schenkel, 1963</small> – China, Korea
  • Z. wunderlichi <small>Blick, 2017</small> – Turkey
  • Z. xerophilus <small>Levy, 1998</small> – Israel
  • Z. xiaoi <small>Yin, Bao & Zhang, 1999</small> – China, Korea
  • Z. yani <small>Yin, Bao & Zhang, 1999</small> – China
  • Z. yinae <small>Platnick & Song, 1986</small> – China
  • Z. yogeshi <small>Gajbe, 2005</small> – India
  • Z. yosemite <small>Platnick & Shadab, 1983</small> – United States
  • Z. zekharya <small>Levy, 2009</small> – Cyprus, Israel, Iran
  • Z. zellensis <small>Grimm, 1982</small> – Alps (Germany, Austria, Italy)
  • Z. zephyrus <small>Kamura, 1999</small> – Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
  • Z. zhaoi <small>Platnick & Song, 1986</small> – Russia (Far East), China
  • Z. zhengi <small>Platnick & Song, 1986</small> – China
  • Z. zhui <small>Yang & Tang, 2003</small> – China
  • Z. zin <small>Levy, 1998</small> – Greece (Rhodes, Symi), Israel
  • Z. zonognathus <small>(Purcell, 1907)</small> – Mali, Ivory Coast, DR Congo, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa

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