Tegenaria taurica Charitonov, 1947
Description
Male
Yellow. Pars cephalica brown-yellow. Chelicerae brown, 4 teeth on promargin, 6 on retromargin. Palp: retrotibial apophysis lamelliform. Terminal apophysis short and straight. Conductor reaches only to the middle of the cymbium. Tibial apophysis simple.
prosoma length: 4.9 mm.
Female
Yellow. Pars cephalica brown-yellow. Chelicerae brown, 4 teeth on promargin, 6 on retromargin. Epigynal fovea wider than long, duct openings laterally.
prosoma length: 4.8-7.2 mm.
Additional information
Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Kovblyuk 2004a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Kovblyuk 2004a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Esyunin & Farzalieva 2002)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Esyunin & Farzalieva 2002)
Pedipalp, antero-retrolateral view
(Nadolny & Turbanov 2025)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Nadolny & Turbanov 2025)
Pedipalp, dorso-retrolateral view
(Nadolny & Turbanov 2025)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Nadolny & Turbanov 2025)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Nadolny & Turbanov 2025)
Pedipalp, ventro-prolateral view
(Nadolny & Turbanov 2025)
Pedipalp with Tibia, retrolateral view
(Nadolny & Turbanov 2025)
Pedipalp with Tibia, ventral view
(Nadolny & Turbanov 2025)
Epigyne
(Esyunin & Farzalieva 2002)
Epigyne
(Nadolny & Turbanov 2025)
Vulva
(Esyunin & Farzalieva 2002)
Vulva
(Esyunin & Farzalieva 2002)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Nadolny & Turbanov 2025)
Vulva, ventral view
(Nadolny & Turbanov 2025)
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
Esyunin S L, Farzalieva G S (2002) Redescription of Tegenaria taurica Charitonov, 1947 (Aranei: Agelenidae). Arthropoda Selecta 10: 261-263 
Kovblyuk M M (2004a) Redescription and synonymy of Tegenaria lapicidinarum (Aranei, Agelenidae). Vestnik Zoologii 38: 43-51
Kovblyuk M M, Kastrygina Z A (2015b) Updated catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Crimea. Ukainska Entomofaunistyka 6(2): 1-81
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
Nadolny A A, Turbanov I S (2025) A review of cave spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of the Crimean Mountains, with descriptions of two new species. ZooKeys 1230: 37-80
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
WSC (2025) World Spider Catalog. Version 26. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (28.2.2025) doi: 10.24436/2