Allagelena opulenta
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Agelenidae |
| Genus: | Allagelena |
| Species: | A. opulenta |
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Allagelena opulenta is a species of funnel weaver spider of the family Agelenidae.[1] The species was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1878.[1][2]
A. opulenta is native to Russian Far East, Japan, Korea,[1] China,[3] and Taiwan.[4] It is similar in appearance to A. bistriata but can be distinguished by a number of features including the structure of its patella and the shape of its retrolateral tibial apophysis.[3]
Its venom is used to make the insecticidal toxin agelenin.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Allagelena opulenta (L. Koch, 1878)". World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern. 2026. Retrieved 23 April 2026.
- 1 2 Koch, L. (1878). "Japanesische Arachniden und Myriapoden". Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 27: 735–798.
- 1 2 Zhang, Zhisheng; Zhu, Ming-Sheng; Song, Da-Xiang (2006). "A new genus of funnel-web spiders, with notes on relationships of the five genera from China (Araneae: Agelenidae)". Oriental Insects. 40: 77–89. doi:10.1080/00305316.2006.10417458. S2CID 84411212.
- ↑ "Allagelena opulenta L. Koch, 1878". Catalogue of Life in Taiwan (TaiCOL). Taipei, Taiwan: Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility. 2026. Retrieved 23 April 2026.
- ↑ Institute for Molecular Bioscience. (2010) “U2-agatoxin-Ao1a”, Arachnoserver. Accessed on: 11 October 2015.