Tegenaria tyrrhenica, DALMAS, 1922

Bolzern, Angelo, Burckhardt, Daniel & Hänggi, Ambros, 2013, Phylogeny and taxonomy of European funnel-web spiders of the Tegenaria-Malthonica complex (Araneae: Agelenidae) based upon morphological and molecular data, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) 168 (4), pp. 723-848 : 820

TEGENARIA TYRRHENICA DALMAS, 1922 , STAT. REV.

( FIG. 21E–I )

Tegenaria tyrrhenica Dalmas, 1922: 94 , without any figures; Brignoli, 1971a: 68, figs 5–7; Dresco & Célérier, 1976: 223–228, figs 1–9.

Malthonica tyrrhenica: Guseinov et al., 2005: 164 .

No type material available.

Other material examined

Italy ( 7 ♂, 16 ♀) .

Description

A detailed redescription was provided by Dresco & Célérier (1976). In the same work, the authors presented interesting data about the variation in numbers of cheliceral teeth.

Distribution

Reported from Italy ( Liguria and Toscana).

Discussion

Dalmas (1922) placed this species into Simon’s ‘ Tegenaria picta- group’. Owing to the lack of a good description with drawings, some years later, this species was synonymized by Simon (1937) with Aterigena ligurica (sub Tegenaria ). Later, Brignoli (1971a: 68, figs 5–7) doubted this synonymy and provided drawings of his interpretation of Teg. tyrrhenica . Dresco & Célérier (1976) agreed with Brignoli. They provided a very detailed redescription and suggested a close affinity to Teg. henroti and Teg. decolorata (at least in the male palp). The type specimen examined by Dresco & Célérier (1976: 224, 1 ♂) could not be traced in the spider collection at the MNHN.

Figures

Figure 21. A–D, Tegenaria femoralis; E–I, Tegenaria tyrrhenica; J-M, Tegenaria ferruginea; N-R, Tegenaria parietina. Left male palp in ventral (A, E, L, N) and retrolateral views (B, F, M, O); epigyne in ventral (C, G, J, P) and vulva in dorsal (D, H, K, Q), lateral (R), and anterior views (I). Scale bars = 0.5 mm.