Algarvezelotes

{{Short description|Species of spider}} {{Speciesbox | name = | image = | image_caption = | image2 = | image2_caption = | taxon = Algarvezelotes unidentatus | authority = Wunderlich, 2023<ref name="wsc" /> | parent_authority = Wunderlich, 2023<ref name="wunderlich2023" /> }}

'''''Algarvezelotes''''' is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Gnaphosidae containing the single species, '''''Algarvezelotes unidentatus'''''.<ref name="wsc" /> Only the male is known.<ref name="wunderlich2023" />

==Distribution== ''Algarvezelotes unidentatus'' has been recorded only from the Algarve region of Portugal.<ref name="wsc" />

==Etymology== The genus name is a combination of Algarve (where the spider was found) and the related genus ''Zelotes''.<ref name="wunderlich2023" />

The name of the species is Latin for "single-toothed", referring to the single tooth of the posterior margin of the fang furrow.<ref name="wunderlich2023" />

==Taxonomy== The genus was placed in tribe Zelotini and family Fonteferreidae (spelled Fonteferridae) by its author.<ref name="wunderlich2023" />

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="wsc">{{cite web | url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/6512 | title=Gen. ''Algarvezelotes'' Wunderlich, 2023 | publisher=World Spider Catalog | doi=10.24436/2 | accessdate=2025-10-21}}</ref> <ref name="wunderlich2023">{{cite journal | last1=Wunderlich | first1=J. | year=2023 | title=Contribution to the spider (Araneida) fauna of the Algarve, Portugal, with notes on the phylogeny of the superfamily Araneoidea and the description of the new araneoid family Fonteferridae | journal=Beiträge zur Araneologie | volume=16 | pages=4-112, 231-233}}</ref> }}

Category:Gnaphosidae Category:Fauna of Portugal Category:Spiders described in 2023