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 mmBody length female: 11-16 mm
Additional information
In warm localities under stones, often in buildings
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1995)
Tegulum
(Merrett 1980)
Tegulum
(Merrett 1980)
Palpal tibia
(Locket et al. 1974)
Epigyne
(Merrett 1980)
Epigyne
(Merrett 1980)
Epigyne
(Merrett 1980)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne
(Locket et al. 1974)
Epigyne/vulva, ventral view
(Brignoli 1978e)
Vulva
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Oxford 2023)
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
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 
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
Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69
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
Cawley M (2001) Distribution records for uncommon spiders (Araneae) including five species new to Ireland. Bulletin of the Irish Biogeographical Society 25: 135-143
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
Locket G H, Millidge A F, Merrett P (1974) British Spiders, Volume III. Ray Society, London, 315 pp.
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 (13.2.2026) 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