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Agelenidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Tegenaria  Latreille, 1804   110 species

Tegenaria argaeica Nosek, 1905

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021194

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Description
Male

Palp: Distal portion of conductor transversal to cymbium, elongated posteriad, retrotibial apophysis with a row of small denticles. Cymbium without trichobothria.

prosoma length: 3 mm, prosoma width: 4 mm.

Body length male: 7.25 mm
Female

Palpal tarsus without trichobothria. Epigyne with a distinct posterior sclerite. Very complex vulva with two receptaculi and convoluted duct, indistinct small epigynal teeth at the anteriolateral margin of median region sometimes present.

prosoma length: 3.3 mm, prosoma width: 2.7 mm.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: Bulgaria should be confirmed per Brignoli (1978a: 510)
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Bulgaria, Turkey
Phenology
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Figures
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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Brignoli 1978a)

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male Pedipalp
(Brignoli 1978a)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Seyyar et al. 2009b)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Seyyar et al. 2009b)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bolzern et al. 2013b)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bolzern et al. 2013b)

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female Epigyne
(Nosek 1905)

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female Epigyne
(Bolzern et al. 2013b)

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female Epigyne
(Bolzern et al. 2013b)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Brignoli 1978a)

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female Vulva, ventral view
(Brignoli 1978a)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Seyyar et al. 2009b)

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female Vulva, ventral view
(Seyyar et al. 2009b)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Bolzern et al. 2013b)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Bolzern et al. 2013b)

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Sternum
(Seyyar et al. 2009b)

Distribution List
Bulgaria   (Blagoev et al., 2018) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2025a) |||
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) pdf

Bolzern A, Burckhardt D, Hänggi A (2013b) Phylogeny and taxonomy of European funnel-web spiders of the Tegenaria-Malthonica complex (Araneae: Agelenidae) based upon morphological and molecular data. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 168: 723-848 pdf

Brignoli P M (1978a) Ragni di Turchia V. Specie nuove o interesanti, cavernicole ed epigee, di varie famiglie (Araneae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 85: 461-541 pdf

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info pdf

Nosek A (1905) Araneiden, Opilionen und Chernetiden. In: Penther A, Zederbauer E (eds) Ergebnisse einer naturwissenschaftlichen Reise zum Erdschias-Dagh (Kleinasien). Annalen des Kaiserlich-Königlichen Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums in Wien 20: 114-154 pdf

Seyyar O, Demir H, Topçu A (2009b) A further faunistic study on two species of the genus Malthonica Simon, 1898 (Araneae: Agelenidae) from Turkey. Turkish Journal of Arachnology 1: 120-127 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
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09-05-2016 Datasheet update Detail