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Tegenaria atrica
Hauswinkelspinne, Hausspinne
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Female specimen.
Specimen photographed in Köln
(Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany) in 2003.
Female. Specimen photographed in
Lutherstadt-Wittenberg (Sachsen-Anhalt,
Germany) on April 3, 2009.
Specimen photographed in Göttingen
(Niedersachsen, Germany) on August 13, 2008.
Subspecies
Original
description
Original spelling: Tegenaria Atrica
Synonyms
Tegenaria
atrica C. L. Koch, 1843 (p. 105)
Philoica atrica
(C. L. Koch, 1843)
Type
locality: "Deutschland" (Germany)
Tegenaria larva
Simon, 1875
Tegenaria hibernica O. P.-Cambridge, 1891
Tegenaria praegrandis Fox, 1937
Note: Tegenaria saeva Blackwall, 1844 has been
regarded as a synonym of the present species,
but this is incorrect. Tegenaria saeva is a
bona species and does not occur in Germany.
Identification
Distribution
Biology
This is a
very common species in Germany and one of the
best known synanthropic native spider species.
Adult females can be found all year,
especially in buildings (cellars, attics
etc.); in the field the species occurs in a
variety of habitats. Adult males occur only
from July to October. The males migrate during
this time, especially at night, searching for
the web tubes of a female, and therefore are frequently found at night
walking across the walls and floors inside of
buildings.
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