Tegenaria montana Deltshev, 1993
Description
Male
Prosoma brown to brown-grey, marginal line distinct, with some dark markings diffusing inwards. Anterior median eyes touching anterior laterals. Posterior eyes nearly equal and almost equally spaced. Chelicerae brown, anterior margin with 3, posterior with 4 teeth. Pattern of sternum and opisthosoma typical. Palp: Tibia short, with distinct bifid dorsal apophysis, lateral apophysis rounded. Cymbium spoon-like, tegular apophysis hook-like. Conductor large, evenly curved, embolus long and slender.
prosoma length: 3.4 mm, prosoma width: 3.0 mm.
Female
Prosoma brown to brown-grey, marginal line distinct, with some dark markings diffusing inwards. Anterior median eyes touching anterior laterals. Posterior eyes nearly equal and almost equally spaced. Chelicerae brown, anterior margin with 3, posterior with 4 teeth. Pattern of sternum and opisthosoma typical. Epigyne: genital atrium is a narrow furrow between the genital openings. Characteristic sperm ducts.
prosoma length: 3.0 mm, prosoma width: 2.6 mm.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Deltshev 1993)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Deltshev 1993)
Epigyne
(Deltshev 1993)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Deltshev 1993)
Vulva, ventral view
(Deltshev 1993)
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
Blagoev G (2002) Check list of Macedonian spiders (Araneae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 54: 9-34 
Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018)
Deltshev C (1993) The genus Tegenaria Latreille in Bulgaria: a critical review with descriptions of two sibling species (Arachnida, Araneae: Agelenidae). Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck 80: 167-174
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