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Agelenidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Agelena  Walckenaer, 1805   5 species

Agelena orientalis  C. L. Koch, 1837

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020879

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Description
Male

Embolus tip in prolateral view of the pedipalp straight.

Body length male: 11.0-13.6 mm
Female

Coloration yellow with peculiar dorsal pattern on opisthosoma.

Body length female: 10.2-17.7 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2019): Italy to Central Asia, Iran
Figures
species

male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Kovblyuk & Kastrygina 2011)

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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Kovblyuk & Kastrygina 2011)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Kovblyuk & Kastrygina 2011)

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male Pedipalp, mesal view
(Levy 1996)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levy 1996)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Levy 1996)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Kovblyuk & Kastrygina 2011)

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female Epigyne/vulva, ventral view
(Kovblyuk & Kastrygina 2011)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Levy 1996)

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female Vulva
(Brignoli 1976c)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Kovblyuk & Kastrygina 2011)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Levy 1996)

References

Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018)

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147 pdf

Brignoli P M (1976c) Ragni di Grecia IX. Specie nuove o interessanti delle famiglie Leptonetidae, Dysderidae, Pholcidae ed Agelenidae (Araneae). Rev Suisse Zool 83: 539-578

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S (2019) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2018 [last updated 1 January 2019], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info

Helsdingen P J van (2010a) Araneae. In: Fauna Europaea Database (Version 2010.1), online at www.european-arachnology.org

Kovblyuk M M, Kastrygina Z A (2011) On two closely related funnel-web spider species, Agelena orientalis C.L. Koch, 1837, and A. labyrinthica (Clerck, 1757) (Aranei: Agelenidae) Arthropoda Selecta 20 (4): 273-282 pdf

Levy G (1996) The agelenid funnel-weaver family and the spider genus Cedicus in Israel (Araneae, Agelenidae and Cybaeidae). Zool Scripta 25: 85-122

Moscaliuc L A (2013) Contributions to the knowledge of Romanian spider fauna. Steps towards an updated checklist. Trav Mus Nat Hist Nat "Grigore Antipa" 56: 135–142

Otto S (2017) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 08.2017. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.

Pantini P, Isaia M (2018) Checklist of the Italian spiders (version June 2018). online at http://www.museoscienzebergamo.it/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=96&Itemid=94 pdf

World Spider Catalog (2019) World Spider Catalog, version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.01.2019) doi: 10.24436/2

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