Tegenaria advena, (C. L. KOCH, 1841)

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 : 779-781

TEGENARIA ADVENA (C. L. KOCH, 1841)

NOMEN DUBIUM

Philoica advena C. L. Koch, 1841: 57 , 58, pl. 268, fig. 633, female.

Clubiona advena: Walckenaer, 1847: 440 .

Tegenaria advena: Simon, 1937: 1039 .

No material available.

Discussion

When describing Teg. advena (C. L. Koch, 1841; sub Philoica advena ), C. L. Koch (1841: 58) used almost exclusively colour characters of a specimen preserved in ethanol. Simon (1937: 1039) mentioned that the relevant specimen may be a juvenile of E. atrica (C. L. Koch, 1843; sub Tegenaria ), and Trotta (2005: 74), based on a personal communication from K. Thaler, that Teg. advena is a species inquirenda. No type material could be traced, and we consider Teg. advena (C. L. Koch, 1841) a nomen dubium.