''Aterigena'' is a
genus of
funnel weavers first described by A. Bolzern, A. Hänggi & D. Burckhardt in 2010.
The name is an anagram of ''Tegenaria''.
It was created in 2010 for a group of ''
Tegenaria
''Tegenaria'' is a genus of fast-running funnel weavers that occupy much of the Northern Hemisphere except for Japan and Indonesia. It was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804, though many of its species have been moved elsewhere. ...
'' and ''
Malthonica
''Malthonica'' is a genus of Agelenidae, funnel weavers first described by Eugène Simon in 1898. Many of its species were transferred to ''Aterigena'' and ''Tegenaria'' in 2010.
Species
it contains seven species:
*''Malthonica africana'' Simo ...
'' species that formed a
clade
A clade (), also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a group of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree. Rather than the English term, ...
in a
phylogenetic analysis. The genus was later found to be
monophyletic
In cladistics for a group of organisms, monophyly is the condition of being a clade—that is, a group of taxa composed only of a common ancestor (or more precisely an ancestral population) and all of its lineal descendants. Monophyletic gro ...
, further separating ''
Eratigena
''Eratigena'' is a genus of spider in the family Agelenidae. Most of its species were moved from the genus ''Tegenaria'' in 2013. Which is what this genus is named after, being an anagram of ''Tegenaria''. Two species that frequently build webs i ...
'' from ''Tegenaria'' and ''Malthonica''.
Species
it contains five species:
*''
Aterigena aculeata
''Aterigena'' is a genus of funnel weavers first described by A. Bolzern, A. Hänggi & D. Burckhardt in 2010. The name is an anagram of ''Tegenaria''. It was created in 2010 for a group of ''Tegenaria'' and ''Malthonica'' species that formed a c ...
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(Wang, 1992) – China
*''
Aterigena aliquoi
''Aterigena'' is a genus of funnel weavers first described by A. Bolzern, A. Hänggi & D. Burckhardt in 2010. The name is an anagram of ''Tegenaria''. It was created in 2010 for a group of ''Tegenaria'' and ''Malthonica'' species that formed a c ...
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(Brignoli, 1971) – Italy (Sicily)
*''
Aterigena aspromontensis''
Bolzern, Hänggi & Burckhardt, 2010 – Italy
*''
Aterigena ligurica
''Aterigena'' is a genus of funnel weavers first described by A. Bolzern, A. Hänggi & D. Burckhardt in 2010. The name is an anagram of ''Tegenaria''. It was created in 2010 for a group of ''Tegenaria'' and ''Malthonica'' species that formed a c ...
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(Simon, 1916) – France, Italy
*''
Aterigena soriculata''
(Simon, 1873) – France (Corsica), Italy (Sardinia)
References
Agelenidae
Spiders of Asia
Araneomorphae genera
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