Eratigena duellica

Eratigena duellica
Scientific 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. Originally from Europe, it is also found in British Columbia, Canada, as well as Washington and Oregon in the United States. ^{[1] [2] [3]} 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. ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. Vetter RS; Roe AH; Bennett RG; Baird CR; Royce LA; Lanier WT; Antonelli AL; Cushing PE (March 2003). "Distribution of the medically-implicated hobo spider (Araneae: Agelenidae) and a benign congener, Tegenaria duellica, in the United States and Canada". J Med Entomol. 40 (2): 159–164. doi: 10.1603/0022-2585-40.2.159 . PMID   12693843.
2. "World Spider Catalog, Eratigena duellica" . Retrieved 2019-12-26.
3. "Eratigena duellica species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
4. 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 .
5. 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.