Taxon details

Family: Agelenidae / Genus: Eratigena

Eratigena africana (Lucas, 1846)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2025-04-07
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021186]
  • Distribution: Morocco, Algeria
Type deposit provide information
Taxonomic references
Tegenaria africana Lucas, 1846: 240, pl. 15, f. 3 (Df).
Eratigena africana Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025: 6, f. 4A-I, 5A-F (Dm, f, T from Tegenaria).
References

Lecigne, S., Moutaouakil, S. & Lips, J. (2025). Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) – second note. On new species and new records from caves and miscellaneous terrestrial ecosystems. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 40(1, supplement): 1-184. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Lucas, H. (1846). Histoire naturelle des animaux articulés. In: Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie pendant les années 1840, 1841, 1842 publiée par ordre du Gouvernement et avec le concours d'une commission académique. Paris, Sciences physiques, Zoologie 1, 89-271, pl. 1-17. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.112444 download pdf -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2019). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [1 September 2019]

Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Gloor, D., Hänggi, A., Kropf, C.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 05.2018. doi: 10.24436/1

Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2025-04-07 New taxonomic reference entry Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025 n/a
2025-04-07 Species transferred to new genus Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025 Species transferred from Tegenaria to Eratigena
2025-04-07 First description of male Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025 n/a (Old value)
2025-04-07 Species distribution update Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025 n/a (Old value)