Tegenaria ferruginea (Panzer, 1804)
Description
Prosoma yellow-brown, sometimes slightly reddish, with 3 slender dark stripes and dark spots. Sternum brown, with brighter median stripe and bright spots. Legs yellowish, with darker spots. Femur dark brown. Opisthosoma dark brown with black stripes and spots, dorsally with broad, light reddish brown median band and whitish spots.
Body length male: 9-12 mmBody length female: 11-15 mm
Additional information
Under stones and bark, also in basements.
This species can bite humans, usually when they try to catch or remove it with their hands. The bite is not very painful and an occasional moderate local swelling disappears within a few hours.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Dahl 1931)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Oxford & Merrett 2000)
Pedipalp
(Oxford & Merrett 2000)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1995)
Pedipalp
(Loksa 1969)
Epigyne
(Oxford & Merrett 2000)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne
(Loksa 1969)
Vulva
(Dahl 1931)
Vulva
(Loksa 1969)
Sternum
(Dahl 1931)
References
Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018)
Dahl M (1931) Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea, VI: Familie Agelenidae. Tierwelt Deutschlands 23: 1-136
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S (2019) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2018 [last updated 1 January 2019], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Helsdingen P J van (2010a) Araneae. In: Fauna Europaea Database (Version 2010.1), online at www.european-arachnology.org
Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91 
Loksa I (1969) Pokok I-Araneae I. Fauna Hungariae 97: 2.1-2.133
Nentwig W, Gnädinger M, Fuchs J, Ceschi A (2013) A two year study of verified spider bites in Switzerland and a review of the European spider bite literature. Toxicon 73: 104-110
Otto S (2017) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 08.2017. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Oxford G, Merrett P (2000) Tegenaria ferruginea (Panzer) in Britain, and differences from T. parietina (Fourcroy) (Araneae: Agelenidae). Bulletin British Arachnological Society 11: 331-334
Pantini P, Isaia M (2018) Checklist of the Italian spiders (version June 2018). online at http://www.museoscienzebergamo.it/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=96&Itemid=94
Roberts M J (1995) Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe. Collins Field Guide Bath
World Spider Catalog (2019) World Spider Catalog, version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.01.2019) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 26-11-2013 | Datasheet update | Old value |