Abstract
A new species of the spider genus Tegenaria Latreille, 1804 is described, based on newly collected specimens from Turkey. Detailed morphological descriptions, diagnosis and figures of the copulatory organs of both sexes are presented. Finally, a checklist and distribution maps for Turkish Tegenaria species are provided.
Highlights
The spider family Agelenidae currently constitutes 514 species in 42 genera and has a global distribution (Platnick 2010)
Twenty-three Tegenaria species have been reported from Turkey, including the newly described species
Four of them (T. agrestis, T. atrica, T. domestica and T. parietina) have broad distribution ranges, whereas 16 species are endemic to Turkey
Summary
The spider family Agelenidae currently constitutes 514 species in 42 genera and has a global distribution (Platnick 2010). Brignoli (1972, 1978 a, b) was the most prominent contributor to the knowledge of Turkish agelenid spiders, having described and/or recorded 16 species from the country. Most of these species are still poorly understood and remain known only from their original descriptions. During our surveys of the Turkish spider fauna, we found an undescribed species in the southern region of the country This species possesses copulatory organs different from other Turkish and eastern Mediterranean Tegenaria and is described here as a new species
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