Tegenaria mercanturensis Bolzern & Hervé, 2010
Description
Male
Palp: short, truncated embolus. Broad, curved, hammerhead-shaped conductor. Characteristic retrotibial apophysis.
prosoma length: 4.3 mm, prosoma width: 3.2 mm.
Female
Epigyne: characteristic. Irregulary sclerotized, anchor-shaped ground plate of the atrium, anteriorly with wide spiral copulatory openings. Strongly sclerotized, irregularly shaped shield around tubular spermathecae.
prosoma length: 2.3-4.0 mm, prosoma width: 2.2-3.0 mm.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bolzern & Hervé 2010)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bolzern & Hervé 2010)
Epigyne
(Bolzern & Hervé 2010)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Bolzern & Hervé 2010)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Bolzern & Hervé 2010)
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
Bolzern A, Hervé C (2010) A new funnel-web spider species (Araneae: Agelenidae, Tegenaria) from Mercantour National Park, France. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 15: 21-26 
WSC (2025) World Spider Catalog. Version 26. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (28.2.2025) doi: 10.24436/2