Tetragnatha nitens (Audouin, 1826)
Description
Male
Median eyes not wider spaced from each other than lateral eyes from each other, both eye rows almost parallel. Palp: paracymbium apically with a distinct notch.
Female
Median eyes not wider spaced from each other than lateral eyes from each other, both eye rows almost parallel. Chelicerae apically-retroventrally with a large tooth. Epigyne: genital lobe distinctly longer than wide, in some specimens with a posterior notch, vulva with single pair of receptacula seminis only (besides the unpaired medial structure).
Body length female: 11 mmAdditional information
This species of tropical Asian origin is not native to Europe (alien species). It had been introduced to Europe at least once and did establish.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 2011a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wunderlich 2011a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wunderlich 2011a)
Pedipalp
(Crespo et al. 2009b)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Yağmur & Tutar 2021)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Yağmur & Tutar 2021)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Yağmur & Tutar 2021)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Zamani et al. 2021)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Zamani et al. 2021)
Pedipalp with tibia, patella and femur, dorsal view
(Cianferoni et al. 2023)
Pedipalp with tibia, patella and femur, ventral view
(Cianferoni et al. 2023)
Tip of bulbus, retrolateral view
(Morano 2020)
Bulbus, ventral view
(Yağmur & Tutar 2021)
Tip of pedipalp, ventral view
(Zamani et al. 2021)
Embolus, ventral view
(Wunderlich 2011a)
Embolus and conductor
(Wiehle 1962)
Paracymbium, ventral view
(Morano 2020)
Chelicera
(Simon 1929)
Chelicera, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 2011a)
Chelicera, retrolateral view
(Wunderlich 2011a)
Chelicera, dorsal view
(Wiehle 1962)
Chelicera, ventral view
(Wiehle 1962)
Chelicera, dorsal view
(Morano 2020)
Chelicera, dorsal view
(Yağmur & Tutar 2021)
Chelicera, dorso-prolateral view
(Yağmur & Tutar 2021)
Chelicera, retrolateral view
(Yağmur & Tutar 2021)
Chelicera, ventral view
(Yağmur & Tutar 2021)
Chelicera, prolateral view
(Cianferoni et al. 2023)
Chelicera, ventral view
(Cianferoni et al. 2023)
Genital lobe
(Wunderlich 2011a)
Genital lobe
(Wunderlich 2011a)
Epigyne
(Morano 2020)
Epigyne
(Yağmur & Tutar 2021)
Epigyne
(Yağmur & Tutar 2021)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 2011a)
Vulva
(Crespo et al. 2009b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Morano 2020)
Chelicera
(Simon 1929)
Chelicera, ventral view
(Wunderlich 2011a)
Chelicera, dorsal view
(Wiehle 1962)
Chelicera, ventral view
(Wiehle 1962)
Chelicera, ventral view
(Morano 2020)
Chelicera, dorsal view
(Yağmur & Tutar 2021)
Chelicera, prolateral view
(Yağmur & Tutar 2021)
Chelicera, retrolateral view
(Yağmur & Tutar 2021)
Chelicera, ventral view
(Yağmur & Tutar 2021)
Chelicera, prolateral view
(Cianferoni et al. 2023)
Chelicera, ventral view
(Cianferoni et al. 2023)
Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Wunderlich 2011a)
Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Wunderlich 2011a)
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
Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 
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)
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147
Bosmans R. (unpubl.) Provisional list of spiders of North Africa. Database excerpt Aug. 2019
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Cianferoni F, Graziani F, Ceccolini F (2023) Massive web aggregation of Tetragnatha nitens (Audouin, 1826) in the lagoon of Orbetello (Tuscany, Italy) (Arachnida: Araneae: Tetragnathidae). Quaderno di Studi e Notizie di Storia Naturale della Romagna 56: 159-168
Crespo L C, Cardoso P, Henriques S, Gaspar C (2009b) Spiders (Araneae) from Porto Santo (Madeira, Portgal): Additions to the current knowledge. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa 45: 471-475
Deltshev C, Komnenov M, Blagoev G, Georgiev T, Lazarov S, Stojkoska E, Naumova M (2013) Faunistic diversity of spiders (Araneae) in Galichitsa Mountain (FYR Macedonia). Biodiversity Data Journal 1(e977): 1-70
Deltshev C, Vrenozi B, Blagoev G, Lazarov S (2011b) Spiders of Albania – faunistic and zoogeographical review (Arachnida: Araneae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 63: 125-144
Denis J (1956b) Spiders collected in French Morocco by the Durham Colleges Expedition Club. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 126: 275-281
El-Hennawy H K (2017a) A list of Egyptian spiders (revised in 2017). Serket 15: 167-183
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Morano E (2020) La familia Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866 (Araneae) en el área ibero-balear. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 37: 101-136
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
Simon E (1929) Les arachnides de France 6 (3). Paris (Roret): 533-772
Wiehle (1962) Eine Unterart von Tetragnatha nitens ([Savigny &] Audouin) aus Sardinien (Arach., Araneae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 43: 377-383
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
Wunderlich J (2011a) Extant and fossil spiders (Araneae). Heutige und fossile Spinnen. Beiträge zur Araneologie 6: 1-640
Yağmur E A, Tutar O (2021) Tetragnatha nitens (Savigny, 1825) (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) a new species for the spider fauna of Turkey. Serket 18: 157-160
Zamani A, Nadolny A A, Esyunin S L, Marusik Y M (2021) New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), part VIII. Zoosystematica Rossica 30: 279-297
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