Allagelena opulenta

Allagelena opulenta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Agelenidae
Genus: Allagelena
Species:
A. opulenta
Binomial name
Allagelena opulenta
(L. Koch, 1878)[1]

Allagelena opulenta is a species of funnel weaver spider of the family Agelenidae. The species was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1878.[1][2]

A. opulenta is native to Japan, China, Korea,[3] and Taiwan.[4] It is similar in appearance to A. bistriata but can be distinguished by a number of features including the structure of its patella and the shape of its retrolateral tibial apophysis.[3]

Its venom is used to make the insecticidal toxin agelenin.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Taxon details Allagelena opulenta (L. Koch, 1878)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2015-11-18
  2. ^ Koch, L. (1878). "Japanesische Arachniden und Myriapoden". Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 27: 735–798.
  3. ^ a b Zhang, Zhisheng; Zhu, Ming-Sheng; Song, Da-Xiang (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. S2CID 84411212.
  4. ^ Chu, Yi (n.d.). K. T. Shao (ed.). "Allagelena opulenta L. Koch, 1878". Catalogue of life in Taiwan. Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. Retrieved 9 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  5. ^ Institute for Molecular Bioscience. (2010) “U2-agatoxin-Ao1a”, Arachnoserver. Accessed on: 11 October 2015.