Agelena
Eurasian Grass Spider | |
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A. labyrinthica | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Agelenidae |
Genus: | Agelena Walckenaer, 1805[1] |
Type species | |
A. labyrinthica (Clerck, 1757) | |
Species | |
60, see text |
Agelena is a genus of agelenid spiders first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1805.[2] Sometimes referred to as Eurasian grass spiders, they trap their prey by weaving entangling non-sticky funnel webs. They are limited to the Old world, occurring from Africa to Japan. Many species have been moved to other genera, particularly to Allagelena, Benoitia and Mistaria.[1]
Agelena limbata is one of the most common web-weaving spider species in Japan.[citation needed]
Species[]
As of August 2021, the World Spider Catalog accepted 46 species:[1]
- Agelena annulipedella Strand, 1913 — Central Africa
- Agelena atlantea Fage, 1938 — Morocco
- Agelena australis Simon, 1896 — South Africa
- Agelena babai Tanikawa, 2005 — Japan
- Agelena barunae Tikader, 1970 — India
- Agelena borbonica Vinson, 1863 — Réunion
- Agelena canariensis Lucas, 1838 — Canary Is., Morocco, Algeria
- Agelena chayu Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2005 — China
- Agelena choi Paik, 1965 — Korea
- Agelena consociata Denis, 1965 — Gabon
- Agelena cuspidata Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2005 — China
- Agelena doris Hogg, 1922 — Vietnam
- Agelena dubiosa Strand, 1908 — Ethiopia, Rwanda
- Agelena funerea Simon, 1909 — East Africa
- Agelena gaerdesi Roewer, 1955 — Namibia
- Agelena gautami Tikader, 1962 — India
- Agelena gomerensis Wunderlich, 1992 — Canary Is.
- Agelena gonzalezi Schmidt, 1980 — Canary Is.
- Agelena hirsutissima Caporiacco, 1940 — Ethiopia
- Agelena howelli Benoit, 1978 — Tanzania
- Agelena incertissima Caporiacco, 1939 — Ethiopia
- Agelena inda Simon, 1897 — India
- Agelena injuria Fox, 1936 — China
- Agelena jirisanensis Paik, 1965 — Korea
- Agelena labyrinthica (Clerck, 1757) — Europe to Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan
- Agelena limbata Thorell, 1897 — China, Korea, Myanmar, Laos
- Agelena lingua Strand, 1913 — Central Africa
- Agelena littoricola Strand, 1913 — Central Africa
- Agelena longipes Carpenter, 1900 — Britain
- Agelena lukla Nishikawa, 1980 — Nepal, China
- Agelena maracandensis (Charitonov, 1946) — Central Asia
- Agelena nigra Caporiacco, 1940 — Ethiopia
- Agelena oaklandensis Barman, 1979 — India
- Agelena orientalis C. L. Koch, 1837 — Italy to Central Asia, Iran
- Agelena poliosata Wang, 1991 — China
- Darchen, 1967 — Gabon
- Agelena satmila Tikader, 1970 — India
- Lendl, 1898 — China
- Agelena sherpa Nishikawa, 1980 — Nepal
- Agelena shillongensis Tikader, 1969 — India
- Oliger, 1983 — Russia (Far East), China, Japan
- Agelena suboculata Simon, 1910 — Namibia
- Agelena tenerifensis Wunderlich, 1992 — Canary Is.
- Roewer, 1955 — Cameroon
- Hogg, 1922 — Vietnam
- Agelena tungchis Lee, 1998 — Taiwan
Former species[]
Species formerly placed in the genus Agelena include:[1]
- Agelena agelenoides Walckenaer, 1841 → Gorbiscape agelenoides
- Agelena jaundea Roewer, 1955 → Mistaria jaundea
- Agelena jumbo Strand, 1913 → Mistaria jumbo
- Agelena keniana Roewer, 1955 → Mistaria keniana
- Agelena kiboschensis Lessert, 1915 →
- Agelena lawrencei Roewer, 1955 → Mistaria lawrencei
- Agelena longimamillata Roewer, 1955 →
- Agelena moschiensis Roewer, 1955 →
- Agelena mossambica Roewer, 1955 →
- Agelena nyassana Roewer, 1955 →
- Agelena tadzhika Andreeva, 1976 →
- Agelena teteana Roewer, 1955 →
- Agelena zuluana Roewer, 1955 →
Gallery[]
Agelena labyrinthica
Agelena labyrinthica
Agelena limbata
A. orientalis, female
Agelena silvatica
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Gen. Agelena Walckenaer, 1805". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- ^ Walckenaer, C. A. (1805). Tableau des aranéides ou caractères essentiels des tribus, genres, familles et races que renferme le genre Aranea de Linné, avec la désignation des espèces comprises dans chacune de ces divisions.
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Categories:
- Agelenidae
- Araneomorphae genera
- Cosmopolitan spiders
- Spiders of Africa
- Spiders of Asia
- Spiders of Europe
- Taxa named by Charles Athanase Walckenaer
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