Agelenidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Tegenaria  Latreille, 1804   110 species

Tegenaria campestris (C. L. Koch, 1834)

Description

Tibial apophysis with several tips. Epigyne wider than long. Prosoma grey-yellow, with yellowish median stripe and yellow spots. Legs yellowish, with darker spots. Opisthosoma grey with bright median stripe, laterally brighter and darker spots.

Body length male: 5 mm
Body length female: 6-9 mm
Additional information

In warm localities under stones

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: Omitted from the Italian checklist by Pantini & Isaia (2018)
Global distribution (WSC 2026): France to Azerbaijan, Algeria
Phenology
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Distribution List
Albania   (Vrenozi, 2012) ||| Algeria   (Benhacene et al., 2023; Beladjal et al., 2025) ||| Austria   (Bolzern et al., 2013b) ||| Azerbaijan   (Otto, 2022) ||| Bulgaria   (Blagoev et al., 2018) ||| Croatia   (Milosevic, 2002) ||| Czechia   (Růžička & Řezáč, 2022a) ||| France   (Le Peru, 2007) ||| Georgia   (Otto, 2022) ||| Germany   (Bolzern et al., 2013b; Blick et al., 2016) ||| Greece   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) ||| Hungary   (Samu & Szinetár, 1999; Bolzern et al., 2013b) ||| Kosovo   (Geci & Naumova, 2021b) ||| Moldova   (Vasiliev & Mikhailov, 2023) ||| North Macedonia   (Deltshev et al., 2013) ||| Poland   (Rozwałka & Stanska, 2008) ||| Romania   (Weiss & Petrișor, 1999) ||| Russia, Southern   (Otto, 2022) ||| Serbia   (Grbić et al., 2015) ||| Slovakia   (Gajdoš et al., 1999) ||| Slovenia   (Kostanjšek & Kuntner, 2015) ||| Ukraine   (Hirna & Zhukovets, 2022) |||
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