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