All citations of Tegenaria ferruginea (Panzer, 1804) were erroneus and assighned to Tegenaria parietina (Fourcroy, 1785) [Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Bolzern 2010, Bolzern et al. 2013]
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.
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Citation
Paragamian, K. 2025. Tegenaria parietina
(Fourcroy, 1785).
In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis.
Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research.
Species data updated 15.02.2018,
Accessed 09.10.2025