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Genus of spiders
Agelena is a genus of
agelenid spiders first described by
Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1805.
[2] Sometimes referred to as Eurasian grass spiders , they trap their prey by weaving entangling non-sticky funnel webs. They are limited to the
Old World , occurring from
Africa to
Japan . Many species have been moved to other genera, particularly to
Allagelena ,
Benoitia and
Mistaria .
[1]
Species
As of August 2021
[update] , the
World Spider Catalog accepted 46 species:
[1]
Agelena annulipedella Strand, 1913 — Central Africa
Agelena atlantea Fage, 1938 — Morocco
Agelena australis Simon, 1896 — South Africa
Agelena babai Tanikawa, 2005 — Japan
Agelena barunae Tikader, 1970 — India
Agelena borbonica Vinson, 1863 — Réunion
Agelena canariensis Lucas, 1838 — Canary Is., Morocco, Algeria
Agelena chayu Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2005 — China
Agelena choi Paik, 1965 — Korea
Agelena consociata Denis, 1965 — Gabon
Agelena cuspidata Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2005 — China
Agelena doris Hogg, 1922 — Vietnam
Agelena dubiosa Strand, 1908 — Ethiopia, Rwanda
Agelena funerea Simon, 1909 — East Africa
Agelena gaerdesi Roewer, 1955 — Namibia
Agelena gautami Tikader, 1962 — India
Agelena gomerensis Wunderlich, 1992 — Canary Is.
Agelena gonzalezi Schmidt, 1980 — Canary Is.
Agelena hirsutissima Caporiacco, 1940 — Ethiopia
Agelena howelli Benoit, 1978 — Tanzania
Agelena incertissima Caporiacco, 1939 — Ethiopia
Agelena inda Simon, 1897 — India
Agelena injuria Fox, 1936 — China
Agelena jirisanensis Paik, 1965 — Korea
Agelena labyrinthica (Clerck, 1757) — Europe to Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan
Agelena limbata Thorell, 1897 — China, Korea, Myanmar, Laos
Agelena lingua Strand, 1913 — Central Africa
Agelena littoricola Strand, 1913 — Central Africa
Agelena longipes Carpenter, 1900 — Britain
Agelena lukla Nishikawa, 1980 — Nepal, China
Agelena maracandensis (Charitonov, 1946) — Central Asia
Agelena nigra Caporiacco, 1940 — Ethiopia
Agelena oaklandensis Barman, 1979 — India
Agelena orientalis C. L. Koch, 1837 — Italy to Central Asia, Iran
Agelena poliosata Wang, 1991 — China
Agelena republicana Darchen, 1967 — Gabon
Agelena satmila Tikader, 1970 — India
Agelena secsuensis Lendl, 1898 — China
Agelena sherpa Nishikawa, 1980 — Nepal
Agelena shillongensis Tikader, 1969 — India
Agelena silvatica Oliger, 1983 — Russia (Far East), China, Japan
Agelena suboculata Simon, 1910 — Namibia
Agelena tenerifensis Wunderlich, 1992 — Canary Is.
Agelena tenuella Roewer, 1955 — Cameroon
Agelena tenuis Hogg, 1922 — Vietnam
Agelena tungchis Lee, 1998 — Taiwan
Former species
Species formerly placed in the genus Agelena include:
[1]
Agelena agelenoides Walckenaer, 1841 →
Gorbiscape agelenoides
Agelena jaundea Roewer, 1955 →
Mistaria jaundea
Agelena jumbo Strand, 1913 →
Mistaria jumbo
Agelena keniana Roewer, 1955 →
Mistaria keniana
Agelena kiboschensis Lessert, 1915 →
Mistaria kiboschensis
Agelena lawrencei Roewer, 1955 →
Mistaria lawrencei
Agelena longimamillata Roewer, 1955 →
Mistaria longimamillata
Agelena mengei Lebert, 1877 (
nomen dubium )
[3]
Agelena moschiensis Roewer, 1955 →
Mistaria moschiensis
Agelena mossambica Roewer, 1955 →
Mistaria mossambica
Agelena nyassana Roewer, 1955 →
Mistaria nyassana
Agelena tadzhika
Andreeva , 1976 →
Benoitia tadzhika
Agelena teteana Roewer, 1955 →
Mistaria teteana
Agelena zuluana Roewer, 1955 →
Mistaria zuluana
Gallery
Agelena labyrinthica
Agelena labyrinthica
Agelena limbata
A. orientalis , female
Agelena silvatica
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Agelena .
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"Gen. Agelena Walckenaer, 1805" . World Spider Catalog . Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2021-08-20 .
^ Walckenaer, C. A. (1805). Tableau des aranéides ou caractères essentiels des tribus, genres, familles et races que renferme le genre Aranea de Linné, avec la désignation des espèces comprises dans chacune de ces divisions .
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"Agelena mengei" . World Spider Catalog . Retrieved 23 July 2017 .