Tegenaria armigera, SIMON, 1873

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 : 788

TEGENARIA ARMIGERA SIMON, 1873

( FIG. 15G–J )

Tegenaria armigera Simon, 1873: 140 , 141, figs 82–87, female.

Pseudotegenaria armigera: Lehtinen, 1967: 261 , transfer rejected by Brignoli (1971a).

Types

Syntypes. France: Corsica: 1 ♂, many ♀ ( MNHN, 1965, 460), Simon .

Other material examined

France: Corsica and Sardinia (7 ♂, 4 ♀) ; Italy (3 ♀) .

Description

A detailed description was provided by Heimer & Müller (1988).

Distribution

Reported from Corsica and Sardinia.

Discussion

As mentioned by Heimer & Müller (1988) the specimen, which had been found by Roewer on Sardinia ( Roewer, 1953: 49), with the SMF-Nr. 10696 belongs to Teg. pagana . However, in contrast to their statement about Brignoli’s drawing and identification ( Brignoli, 1971a), the specimens from Sardinia belong to Teg. armigera .

As in other Tegenaria species , very great variation in size can be observed (e.g. Fig. 15J ).

Figures

Figure 15. A, B, Tegenaria achaea; C-F, Tegenaria argaeica; G-J, Tegenaria armigera; K, L, O-Q, Tegenaria dalmatica; M, N, Tegenaria hasperi; R-U, Tegenaria annulata; and V, X, Tegenaria schoenhoferi sp. nov. Left male palp in lateral (C, H, L, U, W), and ventral views (D, G, K, T, V); epigyne in ventral (A, E, I, M, O, R) and vulva in dorsal view (B, F, J, N, P, S); comparison of vulva of small and large ‘forms’ of Teg. armigera (J); Prosoma in frontal view (Q), abdomen in dorsal view (X). Scale bars = 0.5 mm (epigyne and vulva of Teg. argaeica, E–F without scale; photos from syntype taken with digital camera through the oculars).