Tegenaria argaeica, NOSEK, 1905

Bolzern, Angelo, Burckhardt, Daniel & Hänggi, Ambros, 2013, 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 (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) 168 (4), pp. 723-848 : 784-787

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https://doi.org/ 10.1111/zoj.12040

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6984037

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scientific name

Tegenaria argaeica
status

 

TEGENARIA ARGAEICA NOSEK, 1905 View in CoL STAT. REV.

( FIGS 15C–F View Figure 15 , 18G, H View Figure 18 )

Tegenaria argaeica Nosek, 1905: 136–138 View in CoL , pl. IV, fig. 15a, b.

Tegenaria boitanii Brignoli, 1978c: 518 View in CoL , 519, figs 94, 95, only female (misidentification); the male belongs to Tegenaria percuriosa Brignoli, 1972 View in CoL (see Gasparo, 2007).

Malthonica argaeica: Guseinov et al., 2005: 164 .

Types

Syntypes. Turkey: Kayseri: ‘ Asia Minor: Erdschias Dagh, Nordseite’ , 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ( NHMW), v.1902, Penther. Sub Tegenaria boitanii : Paratypes. Turkey: Ankara: Kizilcahamam , 2 ♀ ( MCSN, 544), 16.vii.1971, Brignoli ; Bolu: Abant , 1 ♀ ( MHNG), 17.vii.1971, Brignoli .

Other material examined

Turkey (2 ♂) .

Diagnosis

Tegenaria argaeica View in CoL is closely related to Tegenaria lyncea Brignoli, 1978 View in CoL , and Tegenaria pseudolyncea Guseinov, Marusik & Koponen, 2005 View in CoL . Useful figures of both related species were provided by Guseinov et al. [2005: figs 57, 58, 63–68, 122–123 ( Teg. lyncea View in CoL ), 51, 53–56, 59–62, 100, 101, 125 ( Teg. pseudolyncea View in CoL )]. The most important characters for the separation of Teg. argaeica View in CoL are the small denticles at the dorsal branch of the RTA (absent in the other species), and the much longer and stronger convoluted duct of the vulva (shorter and less convoluted in the other species).

Description

Nosek (1905) provided a very detailed description of this species, including measurements and leg spination patterns. This description is sufficient except for the drawing of the epigyne. Good pictures of the male palp are, for example, the SEM photographs provided by Seyyar, Demir & Topçu (2008).

Distribution

Reported from central/northern Turkey. Its occurrence in Bulgaria ( Drensky, 1942) is doubtful, because

no reference or newly collected specimens are available ( Deltshev, 1993).

Discussion

The original description of Teg. argaeica is very detailed and precise. However, the drawing of the epigyne ( Nosek, 1905: plate IV, fig. 15b) does not correspond to the female paratype. Drensky (1942) listed the species from Bulgaria and provided a drawing of the epigyne, which he may have copied from Nosek ( Brignoli, 1978c). The specimens from Drensky’s work are not available for examination ( Deltshev, 1993). Seyyar et al. (2008) redescribed Teg. argaeica without mentioning this problem.

Based on the examination of fresh material, Gasparo (2007) showed that the Teg. boitanii of previous authors is a mixture of species (males not conspecific with females). The male holotype of Teg. boitanii corresponds to Teg. percuriosa , with which he synonymized Teg. boitanii . He further mentioned that females of Teg. boitanii sensu auct. may represent an undescribed species. The examination of the paratype of Teg. argaeica and the two females of Teg. boitanii from Kizilcahamam showed that they are conspecific. Additionally, the descriptions of female Teg. boitanii and Teg. argaeica match each other ( Nosek, 1905; Brignoli, 1978c).

NHMW

Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien

MCSN

Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Verona

MHNG

Museum d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Agelenidae

Genus

Tegenaria

Loc

Tegenaria argaeica

Bolzern, Angelo, Burckhardt, Daniel & Hänggi, Ambros 2013
2013
Loc

Malthonica argaeica:

Guseinov EF & Marusik YM & Koponen S 2005: 164
2005
Loc

Tegenaria boitanii

Brignoli PM 1978: 518
1978
Loc

Tegenaria argaeica Nosek, 1905: 136–138

Nosek A 1905: 138
1905
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