Agelena

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.

Eurasian Grass Spider
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
A. labyrinthica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Agelenidae
Genus: Agelena
Walckenaer, 1805[1]
Type species
A. labyrinthica (Clerck, 1757)
Species

60, see text

Agelena limbata is one of the most common web-weaving spider species in Japan. The species known as Agelena opulenta was moved to the genus Allagelena in 2006.

Species

Four species were transferred to the new genus Allagelena in 2006. As of March 2019 it contains sixty species:[1]

  • Agelena agelenoides (Walckenaer, 1841) — Western Mediterranean
  • 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 jaundea Roewer, 1955 — Cameroon
  • Agelena jirisanensis Paik, 1965 — Korea
  • Agelena jumbo Strand, 1913 — Central Africa
  • Agelena jumbo kiwuensis Strand, 1913 — East Africa
  • Agelena keniana Roewer, 1955 — Kenya
  • Agelena kiboschensis Lessert, 1915 — Central, East Africa
  • Agelena labyrinthica (Clerck, 1757) — Europe to Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan
  • Agelena lawrencei Roewer, 1955 — Zimbabwe
  • Agelena limbata Thorell, 1897 — China, Korea, Myanmar, Laos
  • Agelena lingua Strand, 1913 — Central Africa
  • Agelena littoricola Strand, 1913 — Central Africa
  • Agelena longimamillata Roewer, 1955 — Mozambique
  • Agelena longipes Carpenter, 1900 — Britain
  • Agelena lukla Nishikawa, 1980 — Nepal, China
  • Agelena maracandensis (Charitonov, 1946) — Central Asia
  • Agelena moschiensis Roewer, 1955 — Tanzania
  • Agelena mossambica Roewer, 1955 — Mozambique
  • Agelena nigra Caporiacco, 1940 — Ethiopia
  • Agelena nyassana Roewer, 1955 — Malawi
  • 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 tadzhika Andreeva, 1976 — Russia (Europe) to Central Asia
  • Agelena tenerifensis Wunderlich, 1992 — Canary Is.
  • Agelena tenuella Roewer, 1955 — Cameroon
  • Agelena tenuis Hogg, 1922 — Vietnam
  • Agelena teteana Roewer, 1955 — Mozambique
  • Agelena tungchis Lee, 1998 — Taiwan
  • Agelena zuluana Roewer, 1955 — South Africa
  • Agelena labyrinthica
  • Agelena labyrinthica
  • Agelena limbata
  • A. orientalis, female
  • Agelena silvatica

References
  1. "Gen. Agelena Walckenaer, 1805". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  2. 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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