Tegenaria racovitzai Simon, 1907
Description
Male
Retrolaterale Tibialapophyse with 3 branches, ventral branch a long, drawn-out bulge, lateral branch much smaller, distally pointed, dorsal branch strongly sclorotized. Conductor reduced to a lamelliform appendage. Prosoma length: 4.22 mm, prosoma width: 2.98 mm.
Female
Epigyne with sharply pointed "pseudo teeth", posterior sclerite of epigyne with convex anterior margin. Prosoma length: 3.66 mm, prosoma width: 2.65 mm.
Additional information
Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Brignoli 1977d)
Pedipalp, ventro-prolateral view
(Brignoli 1977d)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Déjean 2012b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Déjean 2012b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bolzern et al. 2013b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bolzern et al. 2013b)
Epigyne
(Simon 1937)
Epigyne
(Ribera & Barrientos 1986)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Fage 1931)
Epigyne
(Bolzern et al. 2013b)
Vulva
(Ribera & Barrientos 1986)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Bolzern et al. 2013b)
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.
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 
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Brignoli P M (1977d) Sur quelques Tegenaria cavernicoles d'Espagne (Araneae, Agelenidae). Comunicacions del 6è. Simposium d'Espeleologia, Terrassa 1977: 69-71
Déjean S (2012b) Tegenaria racovitzai Simon, 1907 (Araneae, Agelenidae). Synthèse sur une espèce nouvelle pour la faune de France. Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 82: 42-46
Fage L (1931) Araneae, 5e série, précédée d'un essai sur l'évolution souterraine et son déterminisme. In Biospeologica, LV. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 71: 99-291
Mammola S, Pavlek M, Huber B A, Isaia M, Ballarin F, Tolve M, Čupić I, Hesselberg T, Lunghi E, Mouron S, Graco-Roza C, Cardoso P (2022) A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders. Scientific Data 9(236): 1-13
Ribera C, Barrientos J A (1986) Sobre algunas tegenarias cavernicolas poco conocidas del Mediterraneo español. Mémoires de la Société Royal Belge d'Entomologie 33: 187-197
Simon E (1937) Les arachnides de France 6 (5). Paris (Roret): 979-1298
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2