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

Tegenaria vankeerorum Bolzern, Burckhardt & Hänggi, 2013

Description

Prosoma length: 6 mm, prosoma width: 4.15 mm. Sternum with dark median area and a bright and narrow median band. Legs not annulated. Opisthosoma dark brownish with yellowish median band and 2-3 white symmetrical lateral spots, continuing in broad chevrons posteriad.

Distribution
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Global distribution (WSC 2026): Greece (Rhodes), Turkey
Phenology
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Distribution List
Greece   (Bolzern et al., 2013b) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Özkütük et al., 2017b; Danışman et al., 2025a) |||
References

Bolzern A, Burckhardt D, Hänggi A (2013b) Phylogeny and taxonomy of European funnel-web spiders of the Tegenaria-Malthonica complex (Araneae: Agelenidae) based upon morphological and molecular data. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 168: 723-848 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

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

Özkütük R S, Elverici M, Kunt K B, Kiliç G (2017b) First faunistic record of Tegenaria vankeerorum Bolzern, Burckhardt & Hänggi, 2013 (Araneae: Agelenidae) from Turkey with description of unknown female. Biological Diversity and Conservation 10: 178-183 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

Zamani A, Kaya R S, Marusik Y M (2024d) New taxonomic and faunistic data on the funnel-weavers (Araneae, Agelenidae) of Turkiye and the Caucasus, with five new species. ZooKeys 1218: 251-286 pdf

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