Tegenaria armigera Simon, 1873
Description
Male
Embolus curved. Conductor large. Tibia of male pedipalp with a lobe-like apophysis and a small tooth-like apophysis. Prosoma yellowish brown, sometimes with dark pattern, eye region black. Sternum yellowish brown, sometimes with lighter median stripe and lateral patches. Legs I-II brown, III and IV yellowish. Opisthosoma light grey, sometimes with white patches.
Body length male: 4.23 mmFemale
Epigyne with slightly curved median plate. Legs yellowish.
Body length female: 3.6-5.2 mmAdditional information
among leaf litter, under stones of coniferous wood.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Heimer & Müller 1988)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Heimer & Müller 1988)
Epigyne
(Heimer & Müller 1988)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Brignoli 1971g)
Vulva, dorsal/ventral view
(Heimer & Müller 1988)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Brignoli 1971g)
Habitus
(Heimer & Müller 1988)
Distribution List
References
Brignoli P M (1971g) Contributo alla conoscenza degli Agelenidae Italiani (Araneae). Fragmenta Entomologica 8: 57-142 
Heimer S, Müller H-G (1988) Spiders from Corsica II. Redescription of Tegenaria armigera Simon, 1873 (Arachnida, Araneida, Agelenidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 7: 211-212
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
WSC (2021) World Spider Catalog. Version 21.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (03.01.2021) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
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