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

Eratigena saeva  (Blackwall, 1844)

Description

Conductor with tip bent toward tibia. Vulva anteriorly with 2 distinct structures. Prosoma yellowish-grey, with 2 broad, dark brown to black longitudinal stripes. Sternum grey-brown, with brighter median part and bright spots near coxa. Legs yellowish-grey, unicoloured. Opisthosoma grey-brown, dorsally with 2 longitudinal rows of yellowish spots and narrow, yellow median stripe.

Body length male: 10-14 mm
Body length female: 11-16 mm
Additional information

In warm localities under stones, often in buildings

Frequency: Frequent

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Western Europe
Phenology
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 male  female
males: June-August
Figures
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.

Andorra   (Bosmans & De Keer, 1985) ||| Belgium   (Bosmans & Van Keer, 2017) ||| Finland   (Koponen et al., 2016) ||| France   (no references) ||| France / Corsica   (no references) ||| Ireland   (Cawley, 2001; Lavery, 2019) ||| Northern Ireland   (Lavery, 2019) ||| Portugal   (Cardoso & Morano, 2010) ||| Spain   (Oxford & Bolzern, 2018; Bolzern et al., 2013b) ||| United Kingdom   (Lavery, 2019) |||
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

Bosmans R, De Keer R (1985) Catalogue des Araignées des Pyrénées. Espèces cités, nouvelles récoltes, bibliographie. Documents de Travail, Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique 23: 1-68 pdf

Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69 pdf

Brignoli P M (1978e) Quelques notes sur les Agelenidae, Hahniidae, Oxyopidae et Pisauridae de France et d'Espagne (Araneae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 85: 265-294 pdf

Cardoso P, Morano E (2010) The Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 2495: 1-52 pdf

Cawley M (2001) Distribution records for uncommon spiders (Araneae) including five species new to Ireland. Bulletin of the Irish Biogeographical Society 25: 135-143 pdf

Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin pdf

Koponen S, Fritzén N R, Pajunen T (2016) Checklist of spiders in Finland (Araneae). 6th version, December 2016, online at http://biolcoll.utu.fi/arach/checklist_of_spiders_in_Finland.htm pdf

Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212 pdf

Locket G H, Millidge A F, Merrett P (1974) British Spiders, Volume III. Ray Society, London, 315 pp. pdf

Merrett P (1980) Notes on the variation, identification and distribution of British species of the Tegenaria atrica group (Araneae, Agelenidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 5: 1-8 pdf

Oxford G (2023) The identification of members of the Eratigena atrica group of large house spiders – E. atrica, E. duellica and E. saeva (Agelenidae). Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society 156/SRS News 105: 1-4 pdf

Oxford G S, Bolzern A (2018) Molecules v. morphology — is Eratigena atrica (Araneae: Agelenidae) one species or three? Arachnology 17: 337-357 pdf

Roberts M J (1995) Collins Field Guide: Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. HarperCollins, London, 383 pp. 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
30-03-2023 Image insert
06-05-2021 Distribution update Detail
19-07-2020 Distribution update Detail
16-07-2020 Distribution update Detail
17-06-2020 Distribution update Detail
15-03-2018 Datasheet update Detail