Agelena Republicana

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''.

''Agelena limbata'' is one of the most common web-weaving spider species in Japan.

Species

, the World Spider Catalog accepted 46 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 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 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 longipes'' Carpenter, 1900 — Britain
*'' 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 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 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

File:Agelena labyrinthica 01.JPG, ''Agelena labyrinthica''
File:Croat fg012.jpg, ''Agelena labyrinthica''
File:Agelena limbata.jpg, ''Agelena limbata''
File:Agelenidae - Agelena sp..jpg, ''A. orientalis'', female
File:Parasite170127-fig 2 inset ovipositor Pimplinae - Agelena sivatica.jpg, ''Agelena silvatica''

References

Agelenidae
Araneomorphae genera
Cosmopolitan spiders
Spiders of Africa
Spiders of Asia
Spiders of Europe
Taxa named by Charles Athanase Walckenaer

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