Agelena orientalis C. L. Koch, 1837
Description
Male
Embolus tip in prolateral view of the pedipalp straight.
Body length male: 11.0-13.6 mmFemale
Coloration yellow with peculiar dorsal pattern on opisthosoma.
Body length female: 10.2-17.7 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Kovblyuk & Kastrygina 2011)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Kovblyuk & Kastrygina 2011)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Kovblyuk & Kastrygina 2011)
Pedipalp, mesal view
(Levy 1996)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levy 1996)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Levy 1996)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Kovblyuk & Kastrygina 2011)
Epigyne/vulva, ventral view
(Kovblyuk & Kastrygina 2011)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Levy 1996)
Vulva
(Brignoli 1976b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Kovblyuk & Kastrygina 2011)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Levy 1996)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
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, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173
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
Brignoli P M (1976b) Ragni di Grecia IX. Specie nuove o interessanti delle famiglie Leptonetidae, Dysderidae, Pholcidae ed Agelenidae (Araneae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 83: 539-578
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2024a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2024 [last updated 01 January 2024], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Dentici A, Barbera A, Ditta A, Surdo S (2022) On some new reports on the spider fauna of Italy and Sicily (Arachnida Araneae). Biodiversity Journal 13: 399-408
Komnenov M (2014) Spider fauna of the Osogovo Mt. Range, Northeastern Macedonia. Fauna Balkana 2: 1-267
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: 273-282
Levy G (1996) The agelenid funnel-weaver family and the spider genus Cedicus in Israel (Araneae, Agelenidae and Cybaeidae). Zoologica Scripta 25: 85-122
Moscaliuc L A (2013) Contributions to the knowledge of Romanian spider fauna. Steps towards an updated checklist. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 56: 135-142
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152
Vasiliev A I, Mikhailov K G (2023) Annotated checklist of spiders (Araneae) of the Republic of Moldova. Invertebrate Zoology 20: 307-342
WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 17-12-2022 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 01-07-2022 | Distribution insert | Detail |
| 05-11-2020 | Gallery image insert | |
| 26-05-2020 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 11-06-2014 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 15-10-2013 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 25-06-2013 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 15-04-2013 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 26-03-2013 | Image insert |