Tegenaria armigera Simon, 1873
Description
Male
Embolus curved. Conductor large. Tibia of male pedipalp with a lobe-like apophysis and a small tooth-like apophysis. Prosoma yellowish brown, sometimes with dark pattern, eye region black. Sternum yellowish brown, sometimes with lighter median stripe and lateral patches. Legs I-II brown, III and IV yellowish. Opisthosoma light grey, sometimes with white patches.
Body length male: 4.23 mmFemale
Epigyne with slightly curved median plate. Legs yellowish.
Body length female: 3.6-5.2 mmAdditional information
among leaf litter, under stones of coniferous wood.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Heimer & Müller 1988)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Heimer & Müller 1988)
Epigyne
(Heimer & Müller 1988)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Brignoli 1971g)
Vulva, dorsal/ventral view
(Heimer & Müller 1988)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Brignoli 1971g)
Habitus
(Heimer & Müller 1988)
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
Brignoli P M (1971g) Contributo alla conoscenza degli Agelenidae Italiani (Araneae). Fragmenta Entomologica 8: 57-142 
Heimer S, Müller H-G (1988) Spiders from Corsica II. Redescription of Tegenaria armigera Simon, 1873 (Arachnida, Araneida, Agelenidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 7: 211-212
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152
WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 16-04-2013 | Image insert |