Agelenidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Tegenaria  Latreille, 1804   110 species

Tegenaria rhodiensis Caporiacco, 1948

Description
Male

Prosoma yellowish, darker at sides and cephalic region. Labium longer than wide. Sternum with typical pattern. Chelicerae with 3-4 teeth on promargin, 4 on retromargin. Palp: Very small conductor. Embolus short.

prosoma length: 2.1 mm, prosoma width: 1.5 mm.

Body length male: 4.55 mm
Female

Prosoma yellowish, darker at sides and cephalic region. Labium longer than wide. Sternum with typical pattern. Chelicerae with 3-4 teeth on promargin, 4 on retromargin.

prosoma length: 1.9 mm, prosoma width: 1.4 mm.

Body length female: 4.87 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Greece (Rhodes), Turkey
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Distribution List
Greece   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2025a) |||
References

Bosmans R, Chatzaki M (2005) A catalogue of the spiders of Greece – a critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische arachnologische Vereniging 20 (2, suppl.): 1-124 pdf

Brignoli P M (1978a) Ragni di Turchia V. Specie nuove o interesanti, cavernicole ed epigee, di varie famiglie (Araneae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 85: 461-541 pdf

Caporiacco L di (1948) L'arachnofauna di Rodi. Redia 33: 27-75 pdf

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info pdf

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

Updates
24-11-2024 Distribution update Detail
09-05-2016 Datasheet update Detail