| Eurasian Grass Spider Temporal range: Palaeogene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| A. labyrinthica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Agelenidae |
| Genus: | Agelena Walckenaer, 1805 |
| Type species | |
| A. labyrinthica (Clerck, 1757) | |
| Species | |
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44, see text | |
Agelena is a genus of agelenid spiders first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1805. 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.
Species
As of December 2024, the World Spider Catalog accepted 44 species:
- 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 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 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:
- Agelena agelenoides Walckenaer, 1841 → Gorbiscape agelenoides
- Agelena borbonica Vinson, 1863 → Tegenaria domestica
- 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)
- 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
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Agelena labyrinthica
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Agelena labyrinthica
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Agelena limbata
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A. orientalis, female
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Agelena silvatica
References
- ^ "Gen. Agelena Walckenaer, 1805". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
- 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.
- "Agelena mengei". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
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