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Agelenidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Eratigena  Bolzern, Burckhardt & Hänggi, 2013   26 species

Eratigena sardoa (Brignoli, 1977)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021057

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Description
Male

Simple pointed dorsal branch of the retrotibial apophysis. Very long, drawn out, and strongly sclerotized terminal end of the conductor.

Prosoma length: 2.0-2.4 mm.

Body length male: 4.1-4.6 mm
Female

Characteristic Vulva and Epigyne: Very long and convoluted copulatory duct with attached appendages. Globular and smoothly sclerotized receptaculum.

Prosoma length: 1.9-2.2 mm.

Body length female: 5.3 mm
Additional information

Occurs in higher altitudes >700m.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Italy (Sardinia)
Figures
species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bolzern et al. 2008)

species

male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bolzern et al. 2008)

species

female Epigyne/vulva, ventral view
(Bolzern et al. 2008)

species

female Vulva, ventral view
(Brignoli 1977b)

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.

Italy / Sardinia   (Isaia et al., 2025) |||
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 pdf

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 pdf

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 pdf

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