Tegenaria averni Brignoli, 1978

Zamani, Alireza, Kaya, Rahşen S. & Marusik, Yuri M., 2024, New taxonomic and faunistic data on the funnel-weavers (Araneae, Agelenidae) of Turkiye and the Caucasus, with five new species, ZooKeys 1218, pp. 251-286 : 251-286

Tegenaria averni Brignoli, 1978

Figs 8 D, E , 13 A – D

Tegenaria averni Brignoli, 1978 a: 50 , fig. 10 (♀).

Tegenaria lazarovi Dimitrov, 2020: 48, figs 1–12 (♂ ♀). Syn. nov.

Material.

Turkiye: Mersin Prov.: • 2 ♂ 2 ♀ ( ZMUT), Silifke, Cennet Cave , 36°26'12"N, 34°06'22"E, 20.09.2010 (Y. M. Marusik) .

Comments.

Tegenaria averni was described based on a single female from Cennet Cave in Mersin ( Brignoli 1978 a). In his review of the ariadnae species-group, Dimitrov (2020) described T. lazarovi based on material of both sexes collected in a cave in Mersin. Although the type locality of T. lazarovi is only 65 km away from that of T. averni , and both are in the same provincial district, T. averni is not mentioned in Dimitrov (2020) at all, likely due to a lack of males. Collection of material of both sexes at the type locality of T. averni revealed that these two populations are conspecific. Therefore, T. lazarovi syn. nov. is proposed as a junior synonym of T. averni .

Distribution.

Known only from two caves in Mersin Province, southern Turkiye.

Figures

Figure 8. Epigyne of Tegenaria anhela (A – C) and T. averni (D, E). A, D macerated, ventral view B, E vulva, dorsal view C intact, ventral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.

Figure 13. Male palp of Tegenaria averni. A ventral view B dorsal view C prolateral view D retrolateral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.