Agelena

Taxobox
name = Funnel Weaving Spider

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = "A. labyrinthica"
regnum = Animalia
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 from Africa to Japan.

"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".