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Agelenidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Eratigena  Bolzern, Burckhardt & Hänggi, 2013   22 species

Eratigena hispanica  (Fage, 1931)

Description
Male

Eyes reduced in size. Tibia I longer than prosoma. Conductor reaching the distal margin of the alveolus.

Prosoma length: 2.3 mm.

Body length male: 5.2 mm
Female

Eyes reduced in size. Prosoma not darkened. Sternum with indistinct pale median region. Opisthosoma brown-yellowish, only cardiac mark darker. Legs without a pattern. Tibia I longer than prosoma. Epigyne: Larger membranous part anteriorly of posterior sclerite. Epigynal teeth present. Distally elongated and convoluted appendages at the copulatory duct.

Prosoma length: 3.0-3.2 mm.

Body length female: 5.5-6.5 mm
Additional information

In caves.

Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Spain
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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.

Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) |||
References

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 pdf

Brignoli P M (1977d) Sur quelques Tegenaria cavernicoles d'Espagne (Araneae, Agelenidae). Comunicacions del 6è. Simposium d'Espeleologia, Terrassa 1977: 69-71 pdf

Fage L (1931) Araneae, 5e série, précédée d'un essai sur l'évolution souterraine et son déterminisme. In Biospeologica, LV. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 71: 99-291 pdf

Mammola S, Pavlek M, Huber B A, 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

Ribera C (1978a) Descripción del macho de Tegenaria hispanica Fage 1931 (Araneae Agelenidae). Publicaciones del Departamento de Zoología, Universidad de Barcelona 3: 29-32 pdf

Ribera C, Barrientos J A (1986) Sobre algunas tegenarias cavernicolas poco conocidas del Mediterraneo español. Mémoires de la Société Royal Belge d'Entomologie 33: 187-197 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
10-05-2016 Datasheet update Detail
08-07-2014 Image insert