1999 Volume 48 Issue 2 Pages 79-91
Seven species of the genus Zelotes are reported from Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa Pref.), Japan. Five new species are described under the names of Zelotes donan sp. nov., Z. zephyrus sp. nov., Z. gladius sp. nov., Z. ryukyuensis sp. nov. and Z. flexuosus sp. nov. The data on distribution of two previously known species, Z. iriomotensis Kamura, 1994 and Z. asiaticus (Bösenberg et Strand, 1906), are shown.