World Spider Catalog

World Spider Catalog Archive Version 26, generated on 2026-02-02

Agelenidae C. L. Koch, 1837

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: Miller et al., 2010: 801 rejected the placement of Coelotes and allied genera by Wunderlich, 1986: 24 as being more closely related to Amaurobius (family Amaurobiidae) than to Agelena; Coelotinae F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893: 158 were treated as a separate family Coelotidae by Ono, 2008: 163, but this was not accepted by later authors and Platnick; Cryphoeca and Tuberta were transferred from the Agelenidae to the Hahniidae by Lehtinen, 1967: 225, 272 and to the Cybaeidae by Wheeler et al., 2017: 606; Blabomma, Chorizomma, Cicurina and Mastigusa were transferred from the Agelenidae to the Dictynidae by Lehtinen, 1967; Chorizomma, Cicurina and Mastigusa were transferred to the Hahniidae by Wheeler et al., 2017: 607; Blabomma was transferred to the Cybaeidae by Wheeler et al., 2017: 606 as well as Mastigusa by Castellucci, Scharff & Luchetti, 2023: 6; Chorizomma and Cicurina were transferred to the Cicurinidae by Gorneau et al., 2023: 11.

In synonymy:

Ommathadites Kishida, 1955 = Histopona Thorell, 1870 (Kishida, 1955: 10, type species belongs to Histopona)

Roeweriana Kratochvíl, 1938 = Histopona Thorell, 1870 (Deeleman-Reinhold, 1983: 326)

Gen. Histopona Thorell, 1870 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01824

type Tegenaria torpida C. L. Koch, 1837; gender feminine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Roeweriana Kratochvíl, 1938 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04782] (described as a subgenus of Hadites Keyserling, 1862; type H. bidens Absolon & Kratochvíl, 1933; elevated to genus by Brignoli, 1972e: 862) by Deeleman-Reinhold, 1983: 326; considered a senior synonym of Ommathadites Kishida, 1955: 10 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05833] (type Hadites myops Simon, 1885), because the type species belongs to Histopona (Ommathadites was considered a nomen nudum by Yaginuma, in Brignoli, 1983c: 468); probably a senior synonym of Pseudotegenaria (Murphy & Roberts, 2015: ix).

Transferred to other genera:

Histopona litoralis Wunderlich, 2021 -- see Textrix

In synonymy:

Histopona conveniens (Kulczyński, 1914) = Histopona paganettii (Nosek, 1905) (Sherwood, Blick & Ballarin, 2025: 49)

Histopona debilis Thorell, 1875 = Histopona torpida (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Deeleman-Reinhold, 1983: 328)

Histopona emaciata (Walckenaer, 1841) = Histopona torpida (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Simon, 1875a: 103, sub Tegenaria)

Histopona paganettii (Nosek, 1905) = Histopona conveniens (Kulczyński, 1914) (Deeleman-Reinhold, 1983: 329)

Histopona bidens (Absolon & Kratochvíl, 1933) | | Croatia, North Macedonia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020962

Hadites bidens Absolon & Kratochvíl, 1933: 600, f. 5 (Dm) Original description

Hadites bidens Kratochvíl, 1938a: 12, f. 16-19 (m, Df)

Roeweriana bidens Brignoli, 1972e: 864 (T from Hadites)

Histopona breviemboli Dimitrov, Deltshev & Lazarov, 2017 | | Bulgaria, Turkey (Europe) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049542

Textrix chyzeri Demircan & Topçu, 2015: 182, f. 9A-C (mf; misidentified per Dimitrov, Deltshev & Lazarov, 2017: 283)

Histopona breviemboli Dimitrov, Deltshev & Lazarov, 2017: 283, f. 1-8 (Dm) Original description

Histopona dubia (Absolon & Kratochvíl, 1933) | | Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020964

Hadites dubius Absolon & Kratochvíl, 1933: 599, f. 4 (Dm) Original description

Hadites dubius Kratochvíl, 1938a: 16, f. 10-14, 20-24 (m, Df)

Roeweriana dubia Brignoli, 1972e: 864 (T from Hadites)

Histopona dubia Deeleman-Reinhold, 1983: 332, f. 12 (f, T from Roeweriana)

Histopona egonpretneri Deeleman-Reinhold, 1983 | | Croatia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020965

Histopona egonpretneri Deeleman-Reinhold, 1983: 329, f. 4-8 (Dmf) Original description

Histopona fioni Bolzern, Pantini & Isaia, 2013 | | Switzerland, Italy urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045860

Histopona italica Hänggi, 1990: 163, f. 21a (m, misidentified per Bolzern, Pantini & Isaia, 2013: 28, f f. 21b may also belong here)

Histopona italica Trotta, 2005: 160, f. 193 (m, misidentified per Bolzern, Pantini & Isaia, 2013: 28, f f. 194 may also belong here)

Histopona fioni Bolzern, Pantini & Isaia, 2013: 28, f. 3-6, 9-11, 15-16, 23-24, 28 (Dmf) Original description

Histopona hauseri (Brignoli, 1972) | | Greece, North Macedonia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020966

Roeweriana hauseri Brignoli, 1972e: 863, f. 4-7 (Dmf) Original description

Histopona hauseri Gasparo, 2005b: 22, f. 2, 5, 8, 11, 15 (mf)

Histopona isolata Deeleman-Reinhold, 1983 | | Greece (Crete) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020967

Histopona isolata Deeleman-Reinhold, 1983: 334, f. 13-16 (Dmf) Original description

Histopona italica Brignoli, 1977 | | Italy urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020968

Histopona italica Brignoli, 1977f: 35, f. 17-18 (Df; m f. 14-15 see Histopona leonardoi) Original description

Histopona italica Deeleman-Reinhold, 1983: 336, f. 18-19 (f)

Histopona italica Hänggi, 1990: 163, f. 21b (f, may be misidentified; m f. 21a see Histopona fioni)

Histopona italica Trotta, 2005: 160, f. 194 (f, may be misidentified; m f. 193 see Histopona fioni)

Histopona italica Bolzern, Pantini & Isaia, 2013: 24, f. 1-2, 13-14, 21-22, 27 (Dm, f)

Histopona krivosijana (Kratochvíl, 1935) | | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020969

Hadites bidens krivosijanus Kratochvíl, 1935c: 21 (Df) Original description

Hadites krivosijanus Kratochvíl, 1938a: 21, f. 25-29 (f)

Roeweriana krivosijana Brignoli, 1972e: 868 (T from Hadites)

Histopona krivosijana Deeleman-Reinhold, 1983: 333, f. 9 (f, T from Roeweriana)

Histopona kurkai Deltshev & Indzhov, 2018 | | Albania, North Macedonia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050740

Histopona kurkai Deltshev & Indzhov, 2018: 56, f. 1-7, 11-17 (Dmf) Original description

Histopona laeta (Kulczyński, 1897) | | Balkans urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020970

Tegenaria laeta Kulczyński in Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1897: 170, pl. 7, f. 4 (Df) Original description

Histopona laeta Brignoli, 1977c: 952 (T from Tegenaria)

Histopona laeta Weiss & Rusdea, 1998: 515, f. 1-5 (Dm, f, removed from S of Histopona torpida, rejecting Deeleman-Reinhold, 1983: 328)

Histopona laeta Grapci-Kotori et al., 2022: 340, f. 4A-B (f)

Histopona leonardoi Bolzern, Pantini & Isaia, 2013 | | Switzerland, Italy urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045861

Histopona italica Brignoli, 1977f: 35, f. 14-15 (m; misidentified per Bolzern, Pantini & Isaia, 2013: 33)

Histopona leonardoi Bolzern, Pantini & Isaia, 2013: 33, f. 7-8, 12, 17-20, 25-26, 29 (Dmf) Original description

Histopona luxurians (Kulczyński, 1897) | | Austria to Ukraine and south-eastern Europe urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020971

Tegenaria luxurians Kulczyński in Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1897: 172, pl. 7, f. 3 (Dmf) Original description

Tegenaria luxurians Wiehle, 1964b: 647, f. 21-26 (mf)

Tegenaria luxurians Loksa, 1969: 97, f. 66B, 70C-D (mf)

Histopona luxurians Deeleman-Reinhold, 1983: 329, f. 1-2 (f)

Histopona myops (Simon, 1885) | | South-eastern Europe urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020972

Hadites myops Simon, 1885g: 212 (Df) Original description

Ommathadites myops Kishida, 1955: 10 (T from Hadites)

Roeweriana myops Brignoli, 1972e: 865, f. 8-9 (f, T from Hadites)

Roeweriana myops Brignoli, 1984b: 305, f. 31-32 (Dm)

Roweriana myops Deltshev, 1985b: 44, f. 2 (f, lapsus)

Histopona myops Gasparo, 2005b: 24, f. 3, 6, 9, 12, 16 (mf)

Histopona paganettii (Nosek, 1905) | | Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064310

Tegenaria laeta paganettii Nosek, 1905a: 216 (Df) Original description

Tegenaria conveniens Kulczyński, 1914: 383, pl. 16, f. 47, 55-56 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020963]

Tegenaria conveniens Drensky, 1942: 48, f. 10b, 11b (mf)

Histopona conveniens Lehtinen, 1967: 239 (T from Tegenaria)

Histopona laeta paganettii Brignoli, 1977c: 952 (T from Tegenaria)

Histopona conveniens Deeleman-Reinhold, 1983: 329 (S of Histopona laeta paganettii, chose younger name without explanation)

Histopona paganettii Sherwood, Blick & Ballarin, 2025: 49 (S of Histopona conveniens)

Histopona palaeolithica (Brignoli, 1971) | | Italy urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020973

Cicurina (? Chorizomma) palaeolithica Brignoli, 1971h: 128, f. 89-90 (Df) Original description

Histopona palaeolithica Brignoli, 1977c: 952 (T from Cicurina)

Histopona palaeolithica Brignoli, 1977f: 38, f. 13, 16 (f)

Histopona palaeolithica Deeleman-Reinhold, 1983: 336, f. 20-21 (f)

Histopona palaeolithica Mammola, Milano & Isaia, 2019: 318, f. 1a-d, 2a-c, 3a-c (Dm, f)

Histopona petrovi Isaia & Mammola, 2019 | | Montenegro urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051546

Histopona petrovi Isaia & Mammola in Mammola, Milano & Isaia, 2019: 322, f. 4a-d (Df) Original description

Histopona sinuata (Kulczyński, 1897) | | Romania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020974

Tegenaria sinuata Kulczyński in Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1897: 171, pl. 7, f. 5 (Df) Original description

Histopona sinuata Brignoli, 1977c: 950 (T from Tegenaria; mf f. 13-15 see Histopona vignai)

Histopona sinuata Brignoli, 1980l: 78, f. 11-12 (f)

Histopona sinuata Heimer & Weiss, 1982: 183, f. 1-2 (Dm, f)

Histopona strinatii (Brignoli, 1976) | | Greece urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020975

Roeweriana strinatii Brignoli, 1976b: 567, f. 45-48 (Dmf) Original description

Histopona strinatii Deeleman-Reinhold, 1983: 333, f. 17 (f)

Histopona strinatii Dolejš, 2023: 17, f. 1 (f)

Histopona thaleri Gasparo, 2005 | | Greece urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040200

Histopona thaleri Gasparo, 2005b: 19, f. 1, 4, 7, 10, 13-14 (Dmf) Original description

Histopona torpida (C. L. Koch, 1837) | | France to Ukraine and Greece urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020976 TYPE SPECIES

Tegenaria torpida C. L. Koch, 1837b: 13 (D) Original description

Tegenaria emaciata Walckenaer, 1841: 14 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064311]

Textrix torpida C. L. Koch, 1841a: 48, f. 625-626 (Dmf)

Histopona torpida Thorell, 1870b: 133

Histopona debilis Thorell, 1875a: 95 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064309]

Tegenaria debilis Simon, 1875a: 105

Tegenaria torpida Simon, 1875a: 103 (S of Tegenaria emaciata)

Histopona debilis Thorell, 1875c: 83 (Df)

Tegenaria torpida Becker, 1896: 203, pl. 13, f. 11 (mf)

Tegenaria torpida Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1897: 170, pl. 7, f. 2 (mf)

Tegenaria torpida Simon, 1898a: 251, f. 254 (m)

Histopona torpida Bösenberg, 1902: 223, pl. 20, f. 317 (mf)

Histopona torpida Dahl, 1931: 19, f. 30-33 (mf)

Tegenaria torpida Drensky, 1942: 48, f. 10a, 11a (mf)

Histopona torpida Lehtinen, 1967: 447, f. 233 (m)

Tegenaria torpida Loksa, 1969: 96, f. 66A, 70A-B (mf)

Tegenaria torpida Miller, 1971: 176, pl. XXIX, f. 1-2 (mf)

Histopona torpida Brignoli, 1971h: 62, f. 1, 3 (f)

Histopona torpida Deeleman-Reinhold, 1983: 328, f. 3 (f, S of Histopona debilis and H. laeta [revalidated by Weiss & Rusdea, 1998: 515])

Histopona torpida Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 360, f. 936 (mf)

Histopona torpida Huber, 1994b: 379, f. 1-2 (mf)

Histopona torpida Roberts, 1995: 248, f. (mf)

Histopona torpida Bellmann, 1997: 134, f. (m)

Histopona torpida Roberts, 1998: 265, f. (mf)

Histopona torpida Trotta, 2005: 160, f. 195-196 (mf)

Histopona torpida Eberhard & Huber, 2010: 251, f. 12.2 (m)

Histopona tranteevi Deltshev, 1978 | | Bulgaria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020977

Histopona tranteevi Deltshev, 1978: 57, f. 1-5 (Df) Original description

Histopona tranteevi Deltshev & Petrov, 2008: 47, f. 1-4 (Dm)

Histopona vignai Brignoli, 1980 | | Albania, North Macedonia, Greece urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020978

Histopona sinuata Brignoli, 1977c: 950, f. 13-15 (mf; misidentified per Brignoli, 1980l: 78)

Histopona vignai Brignoli, 1980l: 78, f. 8-10 (Dmf) Original description

Histopona vignai Deeleman-Reinhold, 1983: 331, f. 10-11 (m)

Histopona vignai Deltshev & Indzhov, 2018: 39, f. 8-10 (m)