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Agelenidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Tegenaria  Latreille, 1804   101 species

Tegenaria montana  Deltshev, 1993

Description
Male

Prosoma brown to brown-grey, marginal line distinct, with some dark markings diffusing inwards. Anterior median eyes touching anterior laterals. Posterior eyes nearly equal and almost equally spaced. Chelicerae brown, anterior margin with 3, posterior with 4 teeth. Pattern of sternum and opisthosoma typical. Palp: Tibia short, with distinct bifid dorsal apophysis, lateral apophysis rounded. Cymbium spoon-like, tegular apophysis hook-like. Conductor large, evenly curved, embolus long and slender.

prosoma length: 3.4 mm, prosoma width: 3.0 mm.

Female

Prosoma brown to brown-grey, marginal line distinct, with some dark markings diffusing inwards. Anterior median eyes touching anterior laterals. Posterior eyes nearly equal and almost equally spaced. Chelicerae brown, anterior margin with 3, posterior with 4 teeth. Pattern of sternum and opisthosoma typical. Epigyne: genital atrium is a narrow furrow between the genital openings. Characteristic sperm ducts.

prosoma length: 3.0 mm, prosoma width: 2.6 mm.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: North Macedonia: misinterpretation of a historical record (Blagoev in litt.)
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Bulgaria
Phenology
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"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.

Bulgaria   (Blagoev et al., 2018) ||| North Macedonia  Removed (Blagoev, 2002) |||
References

Blagoev G (2002) Check list of Macedonian spiders (Araneae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 54: 9-34 pdf

Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018) pdf

Deltshev C (1993) The genus Tegenaria Latreille in Bulgaria: a critical review with descriptions of two sibling species (Arachnida, Araneae: Agelenidae). Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck 80: 167-174 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
29-11-2021 Distribution update Detail
21-11-2021 Distribution update Detail
09-05-2016 Datasheet update Detail