araneae - Eratigena arganoi

Eratigena arganoi (Brignoli, 1971)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021051

Description

Male

Prosoma with 2 dark longitudinal bands, sometimes reduced. Prosoma length: 2.16 mm. Chelicerae with 3 teeth on promargin and 8-9 teeth on retromargin. Sternum with a pale median region. Opisthosoma brown-grey-green, dorsum anteriorly with 2 pale longitudinal bands, continuing posteriad in chevrons and spots.

Female

Colouration as in males. Prosoma length: 1.8-1.9 mm, prosoma width: 1.25 mm.

Body length female: 4.28 mm

Distribution

Presence

No data

Global distribution (WSC 2026): Italy

Phenology


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Figures

Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bolzern et al. 2008)

Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bolzern et al. 2008)

Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Brignoli 1977b)

Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Brignoli 1977b)

Epigyne
(Brignoli 1971g)

Vulva, ventral view
(Brignoli 1977b)

Vulva, dorsal view
(Brignoli 1971g)

Distribution List

References

Bolzern A, Hänggi A, Burckhardt D (2008) Funnel web spiders from Sardinia: Taxonomical notes on some Tegenaria and Malthonica spp. (Araneae: Agelenidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 115: 759-778

Brignoli P M (1971g) Contributo alla conoscenza degli Agelenidae Italiani (Araneae). Fragmenta Entomologica 8: 57-142

Brignoli P M (1977b) Ragni d'Italia XXVII. Nuovi dati su Agelenidae, Argyronetidae, Hahniidae, Oxyopidae e Pisauridae cavernicoli ed epigei (Araneae). Quaderni del Museo di Speleologia "V. Rivera" 4: 3-117

Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2