Tegenaria parmenidis Brignoli, 1971
Description
Male
Pedipalp: retrolateral tibialapophysis with 3 branches, ventral branch indistinct. Prosoma length: 3.75 mm, prosoma width: 3.05 mm. Chelicerae: promargin with 3, retromargin with 4 teeth. Legs annulated. Opisthosoma brownish yellowish, mottled, with a distinct yellowish median band, with 2 pairs of white spots laterally and 4 indistinct chevrons in posterior region.
Female
Epigyne with trapezoid atrium region. Prosoma length: 3.16 mm, prosoma width: 2.53 mm. Colouration as in males.
Body length female: 6 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bolzern et al. 2013b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bolzern et al. 2013b)
Epigyne/vulva
(Brignoli 1971g)
Epigyne/vulva
(Brignoli 1977b)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Bolzern et al. 2013b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Bolzern et al. 2013b)
Sternum
(Brignoli 1971g)
Distribution List
References
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 
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 (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2