Allagelena

Allagelena
Allagelena gracilens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Agelenidae
Genus:	Allagelena Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2006[1]
Type species
A. bistriata Grube, 1861[1]
Species
9, see text

Allagelena is a genus of Asian funnel weavers first described by Z. S. Zhang, Ming-Sheng Zhu & D. X. Song in 2006.[2]

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 December 2024^[update] it contains nine species:[1]

• Allagelena bifida (Wang, 1997) – China
• Allagelena bistriata (Grube, 1861) (type) – Russia (Far East), China
• Allagelena difficilis (Fox, 1936) – China, Korea
• Allagelena donggukensis (Kim, 1996) – Korea, Japan
• Allagelena gracilens (C. L. Koch, 1841) – Europe to Central Asia
• Allagelena koreana (Paik, 1965) – China, Korea
• Allagelena monticola Chami-Kranon, Likhitrakarn & Dankittipakul, 2007 – Thailand
• Allagelena opulenta (L. Koch, 1878) – Korea, Japan
• Allagelena scopulata (Wang, 1991) – China

References

1. "Gen. Allagelena Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2006". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
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 (1): 77–89. doi:10.1080/00305316.2006.10417458. S2CID 84411212.