''Allagelena'' is a
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of
Asia
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funnel weavers first described by Z. S. Zhang, Ming-Sheng Zhu & D. X. Song in 2006.
Taxonomy
The genus was created in 2006, initially for four Chinese species previously placed in ''
Agelena''. The name ''Allagelena'' is derived from ''allo-'', different, and the genus name ''Agelena'', so meaning "different from ''Agelena''", specifically in male and female sexual characters.
Three further species were later transferred to this genus.
Species
it contains nine species:
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Allagelena bifida''
(Wang, 1997) – China
*''
Allagelena bistriata''
(Grube, 1861) (
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) – Russia (Far East), China
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Allagelena difficilis''
(Fox, 1936) – China, Korea
*''
Allagelena donggukensis''
(Kim, 1996) – Korea, Japan
*''
Allagelena gracilens''
(C. L. Koch, 1841) – Europe to Central Asia
*''
Allagelena koreana''
(Paik, 1965) – China, Korea
*''
Allagelena monticola''
Chami-Kranon, Likhitrakarn & Dankittipakul, 2007 – Thailand
*''
Allagelena opulenta''
(L. Koch, 1878) – Korea, Japan
*''
Allagelena scopulata''
(Wang, 1991) – China
References
Spiders of Asia
Agelenidae genera
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