Eratigena duellica (Simon, 1875)
Description
Conductor with ± straight tip. Prosoma yellowish-grey, with 2 broad, dark brown-black longitudinal stripes. Sternum grey-brown, with brighter median part and bright spots near coxa. Legs yellowish-grey. Opisthosoma grey-brown, dorsally with 2 longitudinal rows of yellow spots and slender, yellow median stripe.
Body length male: 10-14 mmBody length female: 11-16 mm
Additional information
Under stones in warm locations, often in buildings
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1995)
Tegulum
(Merrett 1980)
Tegulum
(Merrett 1980)
Epigyne
(Merrett 1980)
Epigyne
(Merrett 1980)
Epigyne
(Merrett 1980)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Brignoli 1978e)
Vulva
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Brignoli 1978e)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Oxford 2023)
Distribution List
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 
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
Cardoso P, Morano E (2010) The Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 2495: 1-52
Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin
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
Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
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
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
Oxford G S, Bolzern A (2018) Molecules v. morphology — is Eratigena atrica (Araneae: Agelenidae) one species or three? Arachnology 17: 337-357
Roberts M J (1995) Collins Field Guide: Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. HarperCollins, London, 383 pp.
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Zamani A, Koponen S (2025) First Nordic record of Pandava laminata (Araneae: Titanoecidae), with a synopsis of anthropochorous species of spiders in Finland. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 69: 5-9