@article {63,
	title = {Funnel web spiders from Sardinia: Taxonomical notes on some Tegenaria and Malthonica spp. (Araneae: Agelenidae)},
	journal = {Revue Suisse de Zoologie},
	volume = {115},
	year = {2008},
	note = {ZOOR14504024479},
	month = {2008},
	pages = {759-778},
	abstract = {Funnel web spiders from Sardinia: Taxonomical notes on some Tegenaria and Malthonica spp. (Araneae: Agelenidae). - Based on specimens collected by hand during several field trips to Sardinia and on specimens examined in several collections, the female of Tegenaria henroti Dresco and the male of Malthonica sardoa Brignoli are described for the first time. Malthonica eleonorae (Brignoli) is redescribed. It can be distinguished from T henroti, which we regard as its sister species without yet proposing a new combination, by the number of teeth on the upper margin of the cheliceral groove and by the spine formulae of all leg tibiae. Additionally, the rim of the atrium, the form of the spermathecae, as well as the shape of the tegular apophysis and the ridge on the male bulb are important characters for separating these species. The female described under T henroti by Wunderlich actually belongs to M. dalmatica (Kulczynski). The latter species would be new to Sardinia but has been recorded before on this island under the name T drescoi Brignoli, which we consider as a new junior synonym of M. dalmatica. In addition, Malthonica sicana Brignoli is recorded for the first time from Sardinia, and the species is redescribed here. Males of the three species, M. sardoa, M. sicana and M. arganoi (Brignoli), can be distinguished by the shape of their retrolateral tibia apophysis, the shape of the median apophysis.},
	keywords = {[Sardinia / / Biology, 765]., 768]., Aglenidae (Noctuoidea): [Diagnostic characters of subordinate taxa, P., Description, Diagnosis, distribution, Documentation, drescoi Brignoli 1971, p. 761]., Eurasia, Europe, Female, p. 763]., First time figured, Male, p. 771]., Italy, Land zones, Male, p. 772, Malthonica, Malthonica - Simon 1898 (Araneae)., Malthonica dalmatica - (Kulczynski 1906) (Araneae): [Syn nov, Tegenaria, Malthonica eleonorae - (Brignoli 1794) (Araneae): [Redescription, P., Malthonica sardoa - Brignoli 1977 (Araneae): [First time described,, Malthonica sicana - Brignoli 1976 (Araneae): [Redescription, P. 773, Malthonica sicana [Sardinia / / New record]., New, Nomenclature, Palaearctic region, Publications, record]., Synonymy, Systematics, systematics]., Tegenaria - Latreille 1804 (Araneae)., Tegenaria [Checklists / Updated checklist / ] [Italy / / ], Tegenaria henroti - Dresco 1956 (Araneae): [First time described,},
	isbn = {0035-418X},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://ZOOREC:ZOOR14504024479},
	author = {Bolzern, Angelo and Haenggi, Ambros and Burckhardt, Daniel}
}
@article {64,
	title = {Aterigena, a new genus of funnel-web spider, shedding some light on the Tegenaria-Malthonica problem (Araneae: Agelenidae)},
	journal = {Journal of Arachnology},
	volume = {38},
	year = {2010},
	note = {ZOOR14612085049},
	month = {2010},
	pages = {162-182},
	abstract = {<p>Aterigena n. gen. is erected for four Palearctic species of funnel-web spiders previously placed in Tegenaria Latreille 1804 or Malthonica Simon 1898 (Agelenidae: Tegenariini) and A. aspromontensis n. sp., an Italian species described here. The following new combinations are proposed: Aterigena Aculeata (Wang 1992), A. ligurica (Simon 1916), n. comb. (from Tegenaria), as well as A. aliquoi (Brignoli 1971) and A. soriculata (Simon 1873), n. comb. (from Malthonica). The latter two species were originally described in Tegenaria. The new genus is diagnosed by the unique combination of several morphological character states (e.g., notched trochanters III and IV, lateral spines on patellae, shape of vulvae). The monophyly of the new genus is also supported by a molecular analysis based on CO1 sequences of several taxa. Keys are provided for the identification of the recognized genera of Tegenariini and the species of Aterigena n. gen. Several species of Pseudotegenaria Caporiacco 1934, originally described in Tegenaria, are morphologically close to Tegenaria tridentina L. Koch 1872, a species that is grouped in the cladistic analysis using CO1 in the monophyletic taxon \&quot;Tegenaria clade 1\&quot;. The species are therefore transferred back to Tegenaria as Tegenaria animata Kratochvil \&amp; Miller 1940 stat. rev., T. bayeri Kratochvil 1934 stat. rev., T basilica Kratochvil \&amp; Miller 1940 stat. rev. and T. decolorata Kratochvil \&amp; Miller 1940 stat. rev. Aterigena n. gen. has an interesting geographical distribution: it is widely disjunct in the Palearctic. Four species occur in the Mediterranean and one in China, respectively. A. ligurica is relatively widely distributed in mainland Italy and adjacent Southern France with a single specimen known each from Spain and Egypt (Alexandria), respectively. The latter may be the result of an accidental introduction. The other three European species are endemic to Sicily, Corsica (perhaps also Sardinia) and Calabria, respectively.</p>
},
	keywords = {biogeography, disjunct distribution, endemism, New taxa, Palearctic, Taxonomy},
	isbn = {0161-8202},
	author = {Bolzern, Angelo and Haenggi, Ambros and Burckhardt, Daniel}
}
