Interesting Facts
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]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Arachnomorpha
()
- Heider, 1913
- Infraphylum:
Cheliceriformes
()
- Superclass:
Chelicerata
()
- Epiclass:
Euchelicerata
()
- Class:
Arachnida
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Arachnids
- Subclass:
Micrura
()
- Order:
Araneae
()
- C. Clerck, 1757
- Spiders
- Suborder:
Opisthothelae
()
- Pocock, 1892
- Infraorder:
Araneomorphae
()
- Smith, 1902
- Superfamily:
Agelenoidea
()
- C.L. Koch, 1837
- Family:
Agelenidae
()
- C.L. Koch, 1837
- Funnel-Web Spiders
- Genus:
Tegenaria
()
- Latreille, 1804
- Specific name:
parietina
- (Fourcroy, 1785)
- Scientific name: - Tegenaria parietina (Fourcroy, 1785)
- Specific name:
parietina
- (Fourcroy, 1785)
- Genus:
Tegenaria
(
- Family:
Agelenidae
(
- Superfamily:
Agelenoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Araneomorphae
(
- Suborder:
Opisthothelae
(
- Order:
Araneae
(
- Subclass:
Micrura
(
- Class:
Arachnida
(
- Epiclass:
Euchelicerata
(
- Superclass:
Chelicerata
(
- Infraphylum:
Cheliceriformes
(
- Subphylum:
Arachnomorpha
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Aranea parietina Fourcroy • Aranea phalangiodes Fourcroy • Tegenaria domestica (Clerck • Tegenaria guyonii Gu �rin • Tegenaria intricata C. L. Koch • Tegenaria murina Walckenaer • Tegenaria saxatilis C. L. Koch • Trichopus libratus C. M.
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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Further Reading
- Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Madrid: La Sociedad, url p. 193, p. 193, p. 225, p. 296, p. 296, p. 379, p. 511.
- Essex naturalist: being the journal of the Essex Field Club. Buckhurst Hill, Essex, The Club. url p. 317.
- Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. Oxford [etc.]Royal Microscopical Society. url p. 121.
- Science-gossip. Berlin: R. Friedländer & Sohn, [1894]-1902. url p. 139, p. 4, p. 8.
- The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 222.
- The Cambridge natural history / edited by S. F. Harmer and A. E. Shipley. London: Macmillan and Co.; 1895-1909. url p. 352.
- The Cambridge natural history, London, Macmillan and Co., Limited;1895-1909 url , .
- The Cambridge natural history, ed. by S.F. Harmer. .. and A.E. Shipley. .. London, Macmillan and co., limited;1895-1909 url p. 352, p. 352, p. 416, p. 416.
- The Victoria history of Berkshire. edited by P.H. Ditchfield and William Page. [LondonConstable]1906-1923 url p. 121.
- The Victoria history of the County of Hertford / edited by William Page. London: Published for the University of London, Institute of Historical Research by Dawsons of Pall Mall, [1971] url .
- The Victoria history of the county of Nottingham / edited by William Page. London: Constable, 1906- url p. 134.
- The courtship of animals / by W.P. Pycraft. London: Hutchinson, [1913] url p. 248.
- The naturalist. London: Simpkin, Marshall, 1865- url p. 136.
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 December 12, 2007:
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
- University of Navarra, Museum of Zoology, Museum of Zoology, University of Navarra
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3546409
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Ara-021270
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4490920
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 234365
Footnotes
- http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=Nedra&search=Search [back]
