Eratigena

Eratigena
Eratigena atrica, the giant house spider
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Agelenidae
Genus: Eratigena
Bolzern, Burckhardt & Hänggi, 2013[1]
Type species
Tegenaria atrica
Species

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Eratigena is a genus of spider in the family Agelenidae. Most of its species were moved from the genus Tegenaria in 2013, of which the genus name is an anagram.[2] Two species that frequently build webs in and around human dwellings are now placed in this genus: the hobo spider (Eratigena agrestis), native to Europe and Central Asia and introduced to North America, and the giant house spider (Eratigena atrica), native to Europe and also introduced into North America.

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  2. ^ Bolzern, Burckhardt & Hänggi (2013)