- Agelena
Taxobox
name = Funnel Weaving Spider
image_width = 250px
image_caption = "A. labyrinthica"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropoda
classis =Arachnida
ordo =Araneae
familia = "Agelenidae "
genus = "Agelena"
genus_authority = C. L. Koch, 1837
diversity_link = List of Agelenidae species#Agelena
diversity = 73 species
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "A. labyrinthica"
"A. limbata"
"many others"Spiders of the genus "Agelena" weave web funnels that trap their prey. The genus is limited to the
Old world , where it occurs fromAfrica toJapan ."Agelena limbata" is one of the most common web-weaving spider species in Japan, the species known as "Agelena opulenta" was moved to the genus "Allagelena" in 2006.
pecies
Four species were transferred to the new genus "
Allagelena " in 2006.* "
Agelena agelenoides " (Walckenaer, 1842) (Western Mediterranean)
* "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 bifida " Wang, 1997 (China)
* "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 cymbiforma " Wang, 1991 (China)
* "Agelena donggukensis " Kim, 1996 (Korea, Japan)
* "Agelena doris " Hogg, 1922 (Vietnam)
* "Agelena dubiosa " Strand, 1908 (Ethiopia, Rwanda)
* "Agelena fagei " Caporiacco, 1949 (Kenya)
* "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 jaundea " Roewer, 1955 (Cameroon)
* "Agelena jirisanensis " Paik, 1965 (Korea)
* "Agelena jumbo " Strand, 1913 (Central Africa)
* "Agelena jumbo kiwuensis " Strand, 1913 (East Africa)
* "Agelena keniana " Roewer, 1955 (Kenya)
* "Agelena kiboschensis " Lessert, 1915 (Central, East Africa)
* "Agelena koreana " Paik, 1965 (Korea)
* "Agelena labyrinthica " (Clerck, 1757) (Palearctic)
* "Agelena lawrencei " Roewer, 1955 (Zimbabwe)
* "Agelena limbata " Thorell, 1897 (China, Korea, Myanmar, Japan)
* "Agelena lingua " Strand, 1913 (Central Africa)
* "Agelena littoricola " Strand, 1913 (Central Africa)
* "Agelena longimamillata " Roewer, 1955 (Mozambique)
* "Agelena longipes " Carpenter, 1900 (England (introduced))
* "Agelena lukla " Nishikawa, 1980 (Nepal)
* "Agelena maracandensis " (Charitonov, 1946) (Central Asia)
* "Agelena mengeella " Strand, 1942 (Germany)
* "Agelena mengei " Lebert, 1877 (Switzerland)
* "Agelena micropunctulata " Wang, 1992 (China)
* "Agelena moschiensis " Roewer, 1955 (Tanzania)
* "Agelena mossambica " Roewer, 1955 (Mozambique)
* "Agelena nairobii " Caporiacco, 1949 (Central, East Africa)
* "Agelena nigra " Caporiacco, 1940 (Ethiopia)
* "Agelena nyassana " Roewer, 1955 (Malawi)
* "Agelena oaklandensis " Barman, 1979 (India)
* "Agelena orientalis " C. L. Koch, 1837 (Italy to Central Asia, Iran)
* "Agelena otiforma " Wang, 1991 (China)
* "Agelena poliosata " Wang, 1991 (China)
* "Agelena republicana " Darchen, 1967 (Gabon)
* "Agelena sangzhiensis " Wang, 1991 (China)
* "Agelena satmila " Tikader, 1970 (India)
* "Agelena scopulata " Wang, 1991 (China)
* "Agelena secsuensis " Lendl, 1898 (China)
* "Agelena sherpa " Nishikawa, 1980 (Nepal)
* "Agelena shillongensis " Tikader, 1969 (India)
* "Agelena silvatica " Oliger, 1983 (Russia, China, Japan)
* "Agelena suboculata " Simon, 1910 (Namibia)
* "Agelena tadzhika " Andreeva, 1976 (Russia, Central Asia)
* "Agelena tenerifensis " Wunderlich, 1992 (Canary Is.)
* "Agelena tenuella " Roewer, 1955 (Cameroon)
* "Agelena tenuis " Hogg, 1922 (Vietnam)
* "Agelena teteana " Roewer, 1955 (Mozambique)
* "Agelena tungchis " Lee, 1998 (Taiwan)
* "Agelena zorica " Strand, 1913 (Central, East Africa)
* "Agelena zuluana " Roewer, 1955 (South Africa)References
* Platnick, N. I. (2007). [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 7.5. "American Museum of Natural History".
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