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The spider species Tegenaria domestica, commonly known as the barn funnel weaver in North America and the domestic house spider in Europe, is a member of the funnel-web family Agelenidae. Distribution and habitat
Tegenaria is a genus of fast-running funnel weavers that occupy much of the Northern Hemisphere except for Japan and Indonesia. It was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804, [ 2 ] though many of its species have been moved elsewhere.
The first description of a spider now assigned to this species was by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1843, under the name Tegenaria atrica. Other supposedly different species were described later, including Tegenaria saeva by John Blackwall in 1844, Tegenaria duellica by Eugène Simon in 1875 and Tegenaria gigantea by Ralph Vary Chamberlin and Wilton Ivie ...
Domestic house spider, Tegenaria domestica, also known as barn weaver in North America; Giant house spider, Eratigena atrica (formerly Tegenaria gigantea) Hobo spider, Eratigena agrestis (sometimes called aggressive house spider) Geometric house spider or house button spider, Latrodectus geometricus (more commonly known as the brown widow)
Tegenaria parietina is a species of spider native to Europe. Its modern day distribution includes area from Northern Africa to Central Asia and Sri Lanka , and from the West Indies to Uruguay and Argentina , where it may have been introduced.
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Tegenaria osellai Brignoli, 1971 Tegenaria trinacriae Brignoli, 1971 The hobo spider ( Eratigena agrestis , formerly Tegenaria agrestis ) is a member of the family of spiders known colloquially as funnel web spiders , but not to be confused with the Australian funnel-web spider .
Eratigena is a genus of spider in the family Agelenidae.Most of its species were moved from the genus Tegenaria in 2013, of which the genus name is an anagram. [2] Two species that frequently build webs in and around human dwellings are now placed in this genus: the hobo spider (Eratigena agrestis), native to Europe and Central Asia and introduced to North America, and the giant house spider ...