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

Tegenaria melbae Brignoli, 1972

Description
Male

Male unknown.

Female

Prosoma pale yellow. Sternum unicoloured. Chelicerae: promargin with 3, retromargin with 4 denticles. Legs yellowish orange. Opisthosoma leght grey.

Body length female: 7.2 mm
Additional information

Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Turkey
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2025a) |||
References

Brignoli P M (1972b) Terzo contributo alla conoscenza dei ragni cavernicoli di Turchia (Araneae). Fragmenta Entomologica 8: 161-190 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

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 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
14-05-2013 Datasheet update Detail
14-05-2013 Image insert