Agelenidae

Tararua clara, copyright Te Papa Tongarewa.

Belongs within: Amaurobioidea.
Contains: Tegenaria, Mahura, Neoramia, Orepukia, Oramia.

The Agelenidae are a cosmopolitan group of spiders that construct flat sheet-webs attached to funnel-shaped retreats (Jocqué & Dippenaar-Schoeman 2007).

Characters (from Jocqué & Dippenaar-Schoeman 2007): Small to medium-sized araneomorph spiders; eight eyes; ecribellate; colulus paired; posterior spinnerets two-segmented, long and slender, with apical segment tapering towards tip; tarsi with trichobothria increasing in length towards tip; three tarsal claws; entelegyne.

<==Agelenidae [Agalenoidae]
    |--Ageleninae PVD10
    |    |--Tegenaria PVD10
    |    |--Malthonica Simon 1898 PVD10
    |    |    |--M. pagana (Koch 1840) PVD10
    |    |    `--M. silvestris (Koch 1872) SL14
    |    `--Agelena Walckenaer 1805 JD-S07
    |         |--A. consociata Denis 1965 A02
    |         |--A. labyrinthica (Clerck 1757) S02 [=Aranea labirinthica C01, Tegenaria labirinthica C01]
    |         |--A. limbata E95
    |         |--A. naevia CM07
    |         |--A. republicana JD-S07
    |         `--A. rhodesiae Pocock 1901 P01
    `--+--Mahura PVD10
       |--Neoramia PVD10
       |--Orepukia PVD10
       |--Oramiella Forster & Wilton 1973 PVD10
       |    `--*O. wisei Forster & Wilton 1973 PVD10
       |--Neorepukia Forster & Wilton 1973 PVD10
       |    |--*N. pilama Forster & Wilton 1973 PVD10
       |    `--N. hama Forster & Wilton 1973 PVD10
       |--Paramyro Forster & Wilton 1973 PVD10
       |    |--*P. apicus Forster & Wilton 1973 PVD10
       |    `--P. parapicus Forster & Wilton 1973 PVD10
       |--Porotaka Forster & Wilton 1973 PVD10
       |    |--*P. detrita Forster & Wilton 1973 PVD10
       |    `--P. florae Forster & Wilton 1973 PVD10
       |--Tuapoka Forster & Wilton 1973 PVD10
       |    |--*T. ovalis Forster & Wilton 1973 PVD10
       |    `--T. cavata Forster & Wilton 1973 PVD10
       |--Ahua Forster & Wilton 1973 PVD10
       |    |--*A. vulgaris Forster & Wilton 1973 PVD10
       |    |--A. dentata Forster & Wilton 1973 PVD10
       |    |--A. insula Forster & Wilton 1973 PVD10
       |    `--A. kaituna Forster & Wilton 1973 PVD10
       |--Tararua Forster & Wilton 1973 PVD10
       |    |--*T. celeripes (Urquhart 1891) PVD10
       |    |--T. clara Forster & Wilton 1973 PVD10
       |    |--T. diversa Forster & Wilton 1973 PVD10
       |    |--T. foordi Forster & Wilton 1973 PVD10
       |    |--T. puna Forster & Wilton 1973 PVD10
       |    |--T. ratuma Forster & Wilton 1973 PVD10
       |    `--T. versuta Forster & Wilton 1973 PVD10
       |--Oramia PVD10
       `--Huka Forster & Wilton 1973 PVD10
            |--*H. pallida Forster & Wilton 1973 PVD10
            |--H. alba Forster & Wilton 1973 PVD10
            |--H. lobata Forster & Wilton 1973 PVD10
            |--H. minima Forster & Wilton 1973 PVD10
            `--H. minuta Forster & Wilton 1973 PVD10

Agelenidae incertae sedis:
  Hololena BS02
    |--H. adnexa E95
    `--H. nedra Chamberlin & Ivie 1942 BS02
  Olorunia ocellata Pocock 1900 JD-S07, HD-S02
  Agelescape affinis (Kulczyński 1901) [=Agelena affinis] MG03
  Textrix K55
    |--T. coarctata (Dufour 1831) K55
    `--T. denticulata E95
  Wadotes JVHN90
  Alloagelena WZ08
  Histopona Thorell 1869 MG03
    `--H. torpida (Koch 1834) SL14
  ‘Hina’ Forster 1964 non Marwick 1927 F64
    `--H. delli (Forster 1955) [=Ostearius delli] F64
  Agelenopsis BS02
    |--A. aperta BS09
    `--A. utahana (Chamberlin & Ivie 1933) PS08
  Lycosoides Lucas 1846 MG03
    |--L. algirica Lucas 1846 E12
    |--L. coarctata (Dufour 1831) MG03
    |--L. digitalis Lycas 1846 E12
    |--L. flavomaculata Lucas 1846 E12
    |--L. lehtineni Marusik & Guseinov 2003 MG03
    |--L. pallipes Lucas 1846 E12
    |--L. rufipes Lucas 1846 E12
    `--L. rufithorax Lucas 1846 E12
  Eocryphoeca S93
    |--E. distincta (Petrunkevitch 1942) S93
    |--E. fossilis (Petrunkevitch 1942) S93
    `--E. gracilipes (Koch & Berendt 1854) S93
  Mastigusa S93
    |--M. acuminata Menge 1854 S93
    `--M. modesta Menge 1854 S93
  Thyelia P92

*Type species of generic name indicated

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[WZ08] Wang, X.-P., & M.-S. Zhu. 2008. Himalmartensus, a new genus of the spider family Amaurobiidae from Nepal (Araneae). Journal of Arachnology 36 (2): 241–250.