Agelena

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]

Eurasian Grass Spider
Temporal range:
A. labyrinthica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 limbata is one of the most common web-weaving spider species in Japan.

Species

As of August 2021, the World Spider Catalog accepted 46 species:[1]

Former species

Species formerly placed in the genus Agelena include:[1]

  • Agelena agelenoides Walckenaer, 1841Gorbiscape agelenoides
  • Agelena jaundea Roewer, 1955Mistaria jaundea
  • Agelena jumbo Strand, 1913Mistaria jumbo
  • Agelena keniana Roewer, 1955Mistaria keniana
  • Agelena kiboschensis Lessert, 1915Mistaria kiboschensis
  • Agelena lawrencei Roewer, 1955Mistaria lawrencei
  • Agelena longimamillata Roewer, 1955Mistaria longimamillata
  • Agelena mengei Lebert, 1877 (nomen dubium)[3]
  • Agelena moschiensis Roewer, 1955Mistaria moschiensis
  • Agelena mossambica Roewer, 1955Mistaria mossambica
  • Agelena nyassana Roewer, 1955Mistaria nyassana
  • Agelena tadzhika Andreeva, 1976Benoitia tadzhika
  • Agelena teteana Roewer, 1955Mistaria teteana
  • Agelena zuluana Roewer, 1955Mistaria zuluana

References

  1. "Gen. Agelena Walckenaer, 1805". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  2. 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.
  3. "Agelena mengei". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 23 July 2017.


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