Tegenaria mercanturensis Bolzern & Hervé, 2010
Description
Male
Palp: short, truncated embolus. Broad, curved, hammerhead-shaped conductor. Characteristic retrotibial apophysis.
prosoma length: 4.3 mm, prosoma width: 3.2 mm.
Female
Epigyne: characteristic. Irregulary sclerotized, anchor-shaped ground plate of the atrium, anteriorly with wide spiral copulatory openings. Strongly sclerotized, irregularly shaped shield around tubular spermathecae.
prosoma length: 2.3-4.0 mm, prosoma width: 2.2-3.0 mm.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bolzern & Hervé 2010)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bolzern & Hervé 2010)
Epigyne
(Bolzern & Hervé 2010)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Bolzern & Hervé 2010)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Bolzern & Hervé 2010)
Distribution List
References
Bolzern A, Hervé C (2010) A new funnel-web spider species (Araneae: Agelenidae, Tegenaria) from Mercantour National Park, France. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 15: 21-26 
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2