Tegenaria domestica (Clerck, 1757)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Agelenidae
Genus: Tegenaria
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Europe to China, Japan
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Kerateas, Brignoli 1976, Brignoli 1979a, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bolzern 2010, Bolzern et al. 2013, Beron 2016, Mammola et al. 2019
    Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Anatoliki Attiki / Municipality: Lavreotiki / Closest settlement: Keratea
  • Spilaio Nymfoliptou, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979a, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Anatoliki Attiki / Municipality: Vari - Voula - Vouliagmeni / Closest settlement: Vari
  • Spilaio Limnon, Brignoli 1976, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Region: Dytiki Ellada / Regional unit: Achaia / Municipality: Kalavryta / Closest settlement: Kastria
  • Spilaio Petala, Brignoli 1979a, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005
    Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kefalonia / Municipality: Kefalonia / Closest settlement: Petalas island
  • Spilaio Megali Spilia, Brignoli 1976, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005
    Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Zakynthos / Municipality: Zakynthos / Closest settlement: Gyri
  • Spilaio Vromoneras, Sarbu et al. 2024
    Region: Ipeiros / Regional unit: Ioannina / Municipality: Konitsa / Closest settlement: Kavasila
  • Spilaio Chrysopigis, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Serres / Municipality: Serres / Closest settlement: Chrysopigi_
  • Spilaio Monis Kaloritsas, Bolzern 2010, Bolzern et al. 2013
    Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Naxos / Municipality: Naxos & Mikres Kyklades / Closest settlement: Ano Sagkri
  • Spilaio Agiou Ioanni, Bosmans & Gavalas 2023
    Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Naxos / Municipality: Naxos & Mikres Kyklades / Closest settlement: Irakleia
  • Spilaio Kyklopa, Bosmans & Gavalas 2023
    Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Naxos / Municipality: Naxos & Mikres Kyklades / Closest settlement: Irakleia
  • Spilaio Antiparou, Deltshev 1985, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Paros / Municipality: Antiparos / Closest settlement: Antiparos
Comments
Brignoli (1979a) notes that the citations by Roewer (1959) should be considered doubtful.
IUCN Red List
NE - Not Evaluated
Greece's Red Data Book
NE - Not Evaluated
Protection status
  • There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.
Check Databases
Fauna Europea
GBIF
PESI
NCBI
Species references
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Bolzern, A. 2010. Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Tegenaria- Malthonica -complex (Araneae, Agelenidae), using morphological and molecular data.. PHD Thesis. Faculty of Science, University of Basel, Switzerland, 292pp
  • Bolzern, A., Burckhardt, D. & Hänggi, A. 2013. Phylogeny and taxonomy of European funnel-web spiders of the Tegenaria-Malthonica complex (Araneae: Agelenidae) based upon morphological and molecular data. Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 168 (4): 723-848.
  • Bosmans, R. & Chatzaki, M. 2005. A catalogue of the spiders of Greece. A critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Newsletter Belg. Arachn. Soc., 20 (2): 1-124.
  • Bosmans R, Gavalas I. 2023. The spiders (Araneae) of the tiny Greek island Iraklia (Kiklades), with the descriptions of 5 new Harpactea species (Araneae: Dysderidae), 3 species new to Europe and 8 new to Greece. Parnassiana Archives 11 (Suppl. 1): 3-93
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1976. Ragni di Grecia IX. Specie nuove o interessanti delle famiglie Leptonetidae, Dysderidae, Pholcidae ed Agelenidae (Araneae). Rev. suisse Zool., 83 (3): 539-578.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1979. Ragni di Grecia XI. Specie nuove o interessanti, cavernicole ed epigee. Rev. suisse Zool., 86 (1): 181-202.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1979. Considérations zoogéographiques sur les Araignées cavernicoles de Grèce. Biol. gallo-hellen., 8: 223-236.
  • Deltshev, C. 1985. New data conserning cave spiders (Araneae) in Greece with description of a new Leptonetela (Araneae, Leptonetidae). Acta Zool. Bulg., 27: 41-45.
  • Mammola S, Cardoso P, Angyal D, Balázs G, Blick T, Carter J, Danflous S, Dányi L, Déjean S, Elverici M, Fernández J, Gasparo F, Komnenov M, Ková L, Bo K, Mock A, Moldovan O, Pavlek M, Prieto C E, Ribera C, Rozwa R, Vargovitsh R S, Zaenker S, Isaia M. 2019. Continental data on cave-dwelling spider communities across Europe (Arachnida : Araneae). Biodiversity Data Journal 7: e38492:1–15.
  • Roewer, C. F. 1959. Die Araneae, Solifuga und Opiliones der Sammlungen des Herrn Dr. K. Lindberg aus Griechenland, Creta, Anatolien, Iran und Indien. Göteborgs kungl. vet. vitterh. Samh. Handl., 8 (4): 3-47.
  • Sarbu SM, Brad T, Băncilă RI, Ştefan A 2024. Exploring Biodiversity and Food Webs in Sulfur Cave in the Vromoner Canyon on the Greek–Albanian Border. Diversity. 2024; 16(8):477. https://doi.org/10.3390/d16080477
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2025. Tegenaria domestica (Clerck, 1757). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 07.08.2024, Accessed 09.10.2025