{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Automatic taxobox |taxon=Zelotibia |image=Zelotibia_fosseyae_(female).JPG |image_caption=''Zelotibia fosseyae'' |authority=Russell-Smith & Murphy, 2005<ref name=NMBE /> |type_species=''Z. mitella'' |type_species_authority=Russell-Smith & Murphy, 2005 |subdivision_ranks=Species |subdivision=22, see text }} '''''Zelotibia''''' is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by A. Russell-Smith & J. A. Murphy in 2005.<ref name=Russ2005>{{cite journal|last1=Russell-Smith|first1=A.|last2=Murphy|first2=J. A.|year=2005|title=''Zelotibia'', a new zelotine spider genus from central Africa (Araneae, Gnaphosidae).|journal=Journal of Afrotropical Zoology|pages=103–122|volume=2}}</ref>
==Species== {{as of|2019|05}} it contains twenty-two species:<ref name=NMBE>{{cite journal|title=Gen. Zelotibia Russell-Smith & Murphy, 2005|website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0|access-date=2019-06-07|year=2019|publisher=Natural History Museum Bern|url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1009|doi=10.24436/2}}</ref> *''Zelotibia acicula'' <small>Russell-Smith & Murphy, 2005</small> – Congo *''Zelotibia angelica'' <small>Nzigidahera & Jocqué, 2009</small> – Burundi *''Zelotibia bicornuta'' <small>Russell-Smith & Murphy, 2005</small> – Tanzania *''Zelotibia cultella'' <small>Russell-Smith & Murphy, 2005</small> – Congo *''Zelotibia curvifemur'' <small>Nzigidahera & Jocqué, 2009</small> – Burundi *''Zelotibia dolabra'' <small>Russell-Smith & Murphy, 2005</small> – Congo *''Zelotibia filiformis'' <small>Russell-Smith & Murphy, 2005</small> – Congo, Burundi *''Zelotibia flexuosa'' <small>Russell-Smith & Murphy, 2005</small> – Congo, Rwanda *''Zelotibia fosseyae'' <small>Nzigidahera & Jocqué, 2009</small> – Burundi *''Zelotibia johntony'' <small>Nzigidahera & Jocqué, 2009</small> – Congo *''Zelotibia kaibos'' <small>Russell-Smith & Murphy, 2005</small> – Kenya *''Zelotibia kanama'' <small>Nzigidahera & Jocqué, 2009</small> – Rwanda *''Zelotibia kibira'' <small>Nzigidahera & Jocqué, 2009</small> – Burundi *''Zelotibia lejeunei'' <small>Nzigidahera & Jocqué, 2009</small> – Congo *''Zelotibia major'' <small>Russell-Smith & Murphy, 2005</small> – Burundi *''Zelotibia mitella'' <small>Russell-Smith & Murphy, 2005</small> (type) – Congo *''Zelotibia papillata'' <small>Russell-Smith & Murphy, 2005</small> – Congo, Rwanda *''Zelotibia paucipapillata'' <small>Russell-Smith & Murphy, 2005</small> – Congo, Burundi *''Zelotibia scobina'' <small>Russell-Smith & Murphy, 2005</small> – Congo *''Zelotibia simpula'' <small>Russell-Smith & Murphy, 2005</small> – Congo, Kenya *''Zelotibia subsessa'' <small>Nzigidahera & Jocqué, 2009</small> – Burundi *''Zelotibia supercilia'' <small>Russell-Smith & Murphy, 2005</small> – Congo
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Araneomorphae genera Category:Gnaphosidae Category:Taxa named by Anthony Russell-Smith {{Gnaphosidae-stub}}