Tegenaria mirifica Thaler, 1987
Description
Male
Anterior eye row procurved. Promargin of chelicerae with 3, retromargin with 4 teeth. Sternum with light median band and 3 pairs of light spots. Palp: Tibia long, cylindrical, 3x longer than wide, ventral rim reaching to longitudinal midpoint. Dorsal apophysis flat, bifid with blunt lateral appendage and pointed, scale-shaped frontal appendage. Lateral apophysis evenly rounded. Cymbium spoon-shaped. Tegular apophysis sickle-shaped. Conductor protruding retrolaterally.
prosoma length: 2.7-2.8 mm, prosoma width: 2.1,2.3 mm.
Body length male: 6.3-6.4 mmFemale
Anterior eye row procurved. Promargin of chelicerae with 3, retromargin with 4 teeth. Sternum with light median band and 3 pairs of light spots. Epigyne: approx. 2.5x wider than long, oval, laterally bordered by shallow ridge. Copulatory ducts adjacent of each other and to the anterior margin.
Body length female: 6.3-6.4 mmAdditional information
Endemic species from North Tyrol, Austria, and Grisons (Switzerland), 900-1500 m
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp
(Thaler 1987b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Thaler 1987b)
Tibia, dorsal view
(Thaler 1987b)
Epigyne/vulva
(Thaler 1987b)
Epigyne/vulva
(Thaler 1987b)
Distribution List
References
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Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204
Maurer R, Hänggi A (1990) Katalog der schweizerischen Spinnen. Documenta Faunistica Helvetiae 12
Thaler K (1987b) Drei bemerkenswerte Grossspinnen der Ostalpen (Arachnida, Aranei: Agelenidae, Thomisidae, Salticidae). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 60: 391-401
Thaler K (1997b) Beiträge zur Spinnenfauna von Nordtirol - 3: "Lycosaeformia" (Agelenidae, Hahniidae, Argyronetidae, Pisauridae, Oxyopidae, Lycosidae) und Gnaphosidae (Arachnida: Araneida). Veröffentlichungen des Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck 75/76: 97-146
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2