Tegenaria domestica

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• Common Names
• Description
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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Family Agelenidae

Funnel web weavers are small to medium sized spiders often found in grassy fields or living among leaf litter in forests . In many species, the second pair of spinnerets are twice the length of the first pair. They spin sheet webs of nonsticky silk with a characteristic funnel extending off to one side. The funnel is where the spider hides while awaiting prey . There is a 3-dimensional barrier web spun above the sheet web, and when a prey item falls through onto the sheet web, the spider quickly runs out and bites its victim, then drags it back to the funnel to feed . These sheet webs are nearly invisible unless covered with dewdrops on a cool morning, and the spider can move very quickly over the surface. It almost looks as if the spider is walking on air . [1]

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,018 meters (0 to 9,902 feet).[2]

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Agelena civilis Sundevall • Agelena familiaris Walckenaer • Arachne familiaris Audouin • Aranea annulata Martini & Goeze • Aranea civilis Walckenaer • Aranea derhamii Scopoli • Aranea domestica Linnaeus • Aranea flava Martini & Goeze • Aranea longipes Fabricius • Aranea tomentosa Martini & Goeze • Araneus domesticus Clerck • Coelotes calcaratus Keyserling • Coelotes plumarius Bishop & Crosby • Drassina ochracea Grube • Nyssa familiaris Simon • Philoica civilis C. L. Koch • Tegenaria civilis Walckenaer • Tegenaria cretica Lucas • Tegenaria derhami Dahl • Tegenaria detestabilis O. P. -Cambridge • Tegenaria dubia Blackwall • Tegenaria fontium Simon • Tegenaria longipes C. L. Koch • Tegenaria modesta Banks • Tegenaria scalaris Krynicki • Tegenaria testacea Simon

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 05-Jan-2008

Similar Species

Members of the genus Tegenaria

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:

T. agrestis (Hobo Spider) · T. atrica (Common House Spider) · T. domestica (European House Spider)

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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 10, 2008:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• Canadian Arachnologist Nearctic Spider Database, Canadian Arachnologist Nearctic Spider Database
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Bugs
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Highland Biological Recording Group - HBRG Arachnid dataset
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Lothian Wildlife Information Centre - Lothian Wildlife Information Centre Secret Garden Survey
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM, CNAN/Arañas sinantrópicas

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3547382
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Ara-021218
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2149937
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 219245

Footnotes

1. http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=Nedra&search=Search [back]
2. Mean = 1,569.540 meters (5,149.409 feet), Standard Deviation = 669.160 based on 417 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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