Aterigena

Aterigena
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Agelenidae
Genus:	Aterigena Bolzern, Hänggi & Burckhardt, 2010[1]
Type species
A. ligurica (Simon, 1916)
Species
5, see text

Aterigena is a genus of funnel weavers first described by A. Bolzern, A. Hänggi & D. Burckhardt in 2010.[2] The name is an anagram of Tegenaria.[2] It was created in 2010 for a group of Tegenaria and Malthonica species that formed a clade in a phylogenetic analysis. The genus was later found to be monophyletic, further separating Eratigena from Tegenaria and Malthonica.[2]

Species

As of December 2024^[update] it contains five species:[1]

• Aterigena aculeata (Wang, 1992) – China
• Aterigena aliquoi (Brignoli, 1971) – Italy (Sicily)
• Aterigena aspromontensis Bolzern, Hänggi & Burckhardt, 2010 – Italy
• Aterigena ligurica (Simon, 1916) (type) – France, Italy
• Aterigena soriculata (Simon, 1873) – France (Corsica), Italy (Sardinia)

References

1. "Gen. Aterigena Bolzern, Hänggi & Burckhardt, 2010". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
2. Bolzern, A.; Hänggi, A.; Burckhardt, D. (2010). "Aterigena, a new genus of funnel-web spider, shedding some light on the Tegenaria-Malthonica problem (Araneae: Agelenidae)". Journal of Arachnology. 38 (2): 162–182. doi:10.1636/A09-78.1. S2CID 83969637.