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Family Agelenidae - Funnel Weavers


Agelenidae of the genera Hololena, Novalena, Rualena and Melpomene.
By Chamberlin, R. V. & Ivie, W.
Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 1942
35: 203-241
http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/2648

Phylogeny and taxonomy of European funnel-web spiders of the Tegenaria−Malthonica complex (Araneae: Agelenidae) based upon mor
By Bolzern, Burckhardt, & Hänggi
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 168(4): 723-848, 2013
Full title got cut off: "Phylogeny and taxonomy of European funnel-web spiders of the Tegenaria−Malthonica complex (Araneae: Agelenidae) based upon morphological and molecular data."

This paper transfers four of our North American Tegenaria to a new genus called Eratigena. Related forum post here.

Distribution of the Medically-implicated Hobo Spider (Araneae: Agelenidae) and a Benign Congener, Tegenaria duellica, in the Uni
By Richard Vetter et al.
Journal of Medical Entomology 40(2): 159-164, 2003
Full title was cut-off: "Distribution of the Medically-implicated Hobo Spider (Araneae: Agelenidae) and a Benign Congener, Tegenaria duellica, in the United States and Canada."

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The spider genus Tegenaria in the Western Hemisphere (Agelenidae)
By Vincent Roth
American Museum Novitates No. 2323: 1-33, 1968

North American Agelenidae of the genera Agelenopsis, Calilena, Ritalena and Tortolena
By Ralph Chamberlin & Wilton Ivie
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 34(3): 585-628, 1941
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North American Agelenidae of the genus Wadotes Chamberlin
By Muma, M. H.
American Museum Novitates 1334: 1-12, 1947

Taxonomic revision of the spider genus Rualena Chamberlin & Ivie 1942 and description of Hoffmannilena, a new genus from Mexico
By J Maya-Morales and M Luisa-Jimenez
Zootaxa, 2016

Review of the spider subgenus Barronopsis (Arachnida, Agelenidae)
By Vincent Roth
American Museum Novitates 1678: 1-7, 1954