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Eratigena duellica

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Eratigena duellica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Agelenidae
Genus: Eratigena
Species:
E. duellica
Binomial name
Eratigena duellica
(Simon, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Eratigena atrica
  • Tegenaria atrica
  • Tegenaria duellica
  • Tegenaria gigantea

Eratigena duellica, the giant house spider, is a species of funnel weaver in the spider family Agelenidae. It is found in Canada, the United States, and Europe.[1][2] The related species Eratigena atrica is also called the giant house spider.

Eratigena atrica was transferred from the genus Tegenaria in 2013. It was considered the same species as Eratigena atrica until 2018, when Eratigena duellica, Eratigena saeva, and Eratigena atrica were restored as separate species.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "World Spider Catalog, Eratigena duellica". Retrieved 2019-12-26.
  2. ^ "Eratigena duellica species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
  3. ^ Bolzern, Angelo; Burckhardt, Daniel; Hänggi, Ambros (2013). "Phylogeny and taxonomy of European funnel-web spiders of the Tegenaria−Malthonica complex (Araneae: Agelenidae) based upon morphological and molecular data". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 168 (4): 723–848. doi:10.1111/zoj.12040.
  4. ^ Oxford, Geoff S; Bolzern, Angelo (2018). "Molecules v. Morphology—is Eratigena atrica (Araneae: Agelenidae) One Species or Three?". Arachnology. 17 (7): 337–357. doi:10.13156/arac.2017.17.7.337. S2CID 90843479.