Aterigena


Aterigena is a genus of funnel weavers first described by A. Bolzern, A. Hänggi & D. Burckhardt in 2010. The name is an anagram of Tegenaria. It was created in 2010 for a group of Tegenaria and Malthonica species that formed a clade in a phylogenetic analysis. The genus was later found to be monophyletic, further separating Eratigena from Tegenaria and Malthonica.

Species

it contains five species:
  • Aterigena aculeata – China
  • Aterigena aliquoi – Italy
  • Aterigena aspromontensis Bolzern, Hänggi & Burckhardt, 2010 – Italy
  • Aterigena ligurica – France, Italy
  • Aterigena soriculata – France, Italy