Allagelena

Allagelena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Agelenidae
Genus: Allagelena
Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2006[1]
Type species
Agelena bistriata
Grube, 1861[1]

Allagelena is a genus of araneomorph spiders, in the family Agelenidae.[1]

Taxonomy

The genus was created in 2006, initially for four Chinese species previously placed in Agelena. The name Allagelena is derived from allo-, different, and the genus name Agelena, so meaning "different from Agelena", specifically in male and female sexual characters.[2] Three further species were later transferred to this genus.[1]

Species

As of November 2015, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Gen. Allagelena Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2006", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), retrieved 2015-11-18
  2. Zhang, Z.S.; Zhu, M.S. & Song, D.X. (2006), "A new genus of funnel-web spiders, with notes on relationships of the five genera from China (Araneae: Agelenidae)", Oriental Insects 40 (77-89), doi:10.1080/00305316.2006.10417458


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