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
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
Arnold K (2001) Beitrag zur Spinnenfauna (Arachnida, Araneae) des Fürstentums Liechtenstein. Berichte der Botanisch-Zoologischen Gesellschaft Liechtenstein-Sargans-Werdenberg 28: 211-244 
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 (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2