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.