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Allagelena

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Chelicerata

Order
  
Araneae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Class
  
Arachnida

Infraorder
  
Araneomorphae

Similar
  
Histopona, Agelena, Textrix, Agelena labyrinthica, Coelotes

Allagelena funnel web spider neglecting egg sac


Allagelena is a genus of araneomorph spiders, in the family Agelenidae.

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Taxonomy

The genus was created in 2006, initially for four Chinese species previously placed in Agelena. The name Allagelena is derived from allo-, different, and the genus name Agelena, so meaning "different from Agelena", specifically in male and female sexual characters. Three further species were later transferred to this genus.

Species

As of November 2015, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:

  • Allagelena bistriata (Grube, 1861) – Russia, China
  • Allagelena difficilis (Fox, 1936) – China, Korea
  • Allagelena donggukensis (Kim, 1996) – Korea, Japan
  • Allagelena gracilens (C. L. Koch, 1841) – Central Europe, Mediterranean to Central Asia
  • Allagelena koreana (Paik, 1965) – China, Korea
  • Allagelena monticola Chami-Kranon, Likhitrakarn & Dankittipakul, 2007 – Thailand
  • Allagelena opulenta (L. Koch, 1878) – China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan

    • References

    Allagelena Wikipedia
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