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

Tegenaria faniapollinis Brignoli, 1978

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021226

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Description

Prosoma brown to yellow-brown. Chelicerae brown promargin with 3, retromargin with 4 denticles. Sternum grey with light median line. Legs yellowish. Opisthosoma grey. Spinnerets yellowish.

Body length male: 7.1 mm
Body length female: 6.4 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Italy (Sicily), North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey
Figures
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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Deltshev 2008a)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Deltshev 2008a)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Deltshev 2008a)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Deltshev 2008a)

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male Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Deltshev 2008a)

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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Deltshev 2008a)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Lecigne 2021a)

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male Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Lecigne 2021a)

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male Bulbus, ventral view
(Lecigne 2021a)

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male Tibial apophysis, dorsal view
(Lecigne 2021a)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Deltshev 2008a)

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female Vulva, ventral view
(Deltshev 2008a)

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female Vulva, ventral view
(Brignoli 1978d)

Distribution List
Bulgaria   (Naumova & Genchev, 2022) ||| Greece   (Deltshev, 2008a) ||| Italy / Sicily   (Nicolosi & Isaia, 2017) ||| North Macedonia   (Komnenov, 2014; Deltshev et al., 2013) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2025a) ||| Turkey (Europe)   (Demircan & Topçu, 2016) |||
References

Brignoli P M (1978d) Ragni di Turchia IV. Leptonetidae, Dysderidae ed Agelenidae nuovi o interessanti di grotte della Turchia meridionale (Araneae). Quaderni di Speleologia, Circolo Speleologico Romano 3: 37-54 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

Deltshev C (2008a) Two new spider species, Malthonica bozhkovi sp. nov. and Tegenaria paragamiani sp. nov. from Rhodopy Mountains (Bulgaria and Greece) (Araneae: Agelenidae). Zootaxa 1872: 37-44 pdf

Deltshev C, Komnenov M, Blagoev G, Georgiev T, Lazarov S, Stojkoska E, Naumova M (2013) Faunistic diversity of spiders (Araneae) in Galichitsa Mountain (FYR Macedonia). Biodiversity Data Journal 1(e977): 1-70 pdf

Demircan N, Topçu A (2016) First records for spider fauna of the European part of Turkey (Araneae). Serket 15: 85-91 pdf

Komnenov M (2014) Spider fauna of the Osogovo Mt. Range, Northeastern Macedonia. Fauna Balkana 2: 1-267 pdf

Lecigne S (2021a) A new species of Sintula (Linyphiidae), redescription of Brigittea innocens (Dictynidae) and eight spider species newly recorded for Turkey (Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 62: 11-34 pdf

Naumova M, Genchev V (2022) Review of the spiders, pseudoscorpions and scorpions in the region of Plovdiv, S Bulgaria (Arachnida: Araneae, Pseudoscorpiones & Scorpiones). In: Mollov, I., Georgiev, D. & Todorov, O. (eds.) Faunistic diversity of the city of Plovdiv (Bulgaria), volume 2 - vertebrates & invertebrates. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Plovdiv, Supplement 2, pp. 83-110. pdf

Nicolosi G, Isaia M (2017) Segnalazioni Faunistiche Italiane. 613 - Tegenaria faniapollinis Brignoli, 1978 (Araneae Agelenidae). Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 149: 96 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

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