Eratigena hispanica (Fage, 1931)
Description
Male
Eyes reduced in size. Tibia I longer than prosoma. Conductor reaching the distal margin of the alveolus.
Prosoma length: 2.3 mm.
Body length male: 5.2 mmFemale
Eyes reduced in size. Prosoma not darkened. Sternum with indistinct pale median region. Opisthosoma brown-yellowish, only cardiac mark darker. Legs without a pattern. Tibia I longer than prosoma. Epigyne: Larger membranous part anteriorly of posterior sclerite. Epigynal teeth present. Distally elongated and convoluted appendages at the copulatory duct.
Prosoma length: 3.0-3.2 mm.
Body length female: 5.5-6.5 mmAdditional information
In caves.
Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp
(Ribera & Barrientos 1986)
Tibial apophysis
(Ribera & Barrientos 1986)
Epigyne/vulva
(Brignoli 1977d)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Fage 1931)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Ribera 1978a)
Vulva, ventral view
(Ribera 1978a)
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
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 
Brignoli P M (1977d) Sur quelques Tegenaria cavernicoles d'Espagne (Araneae, Agelenidae). Comunicacions del 6è. Simposium d'Espeleologia, Terrassa 1977: 69-71
Fage L (1931) Araneae, 5e série, précédée d'un essai sur l'évolution souterraine et son déterminisme. In Biospeologica, LV. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 71: 99-291
Mammola S, Pavlek M, Huber B A, Ballarin F, Tolve M, Čupić I, Hesselberg T, Lunghi E, Mouron S, Graco-Roza C, Cardoso P (2022) A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders. Scientific Data 9(236): 1-13
Ribera C (1978a) Descripción del macho de Tegenaria hispanica Fage 1931 (Araneae Agelenidae). Publicaciones del Departamento de Zoología, Universidad de Barcelona 3: 29-32
Ribera C, Barrientos J A (1986) Sobre algunas tegenarias cavernicolas poco conocidas del Mediterraneo español. Mémoires de la Société Royal Belge d'Entomologie 33: 187-197
WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (31.10.2024) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 10-05-2016 | Datasheet update | Detail |
| 08-07-2014 | Image insert |