Allagelena is a genus of Asian funnel weavers first described by Z. S. Zhang, Ming-Sheng Zhu & D. X. Song in 2006.
Taxonomy The genus was created in 2006, initially for four Chinese species previously placed in Agelena. The name Allagelena is derived from allo-, different, and the genus name Agelena, so meaning "different from Agelena", specifically in male and female sexual characters. Three further species were later transferred to this genus.
Species it contains nine species:
Allagelena bifida (Wang, 1997) – China Allagelena bistriata (Grube, 1861) (type) – Russia (Far East), China Allagelena difficilis (Fox, 1936) – China, Korea Allagelena donggukensis (Kim, 1996) – Korea, Japan Allagelena gracilens (C. L. Koch, 1841) – Europe to Central Asia Allagelena koreana (Paik, 1965) – China, Korea Allagelena monticola Chami-Kranon, Likhitrakarn & Dankittipakul, 2007 – Thailand Allagelena opulenta (L. Koch, 1878) – Korea, Japan Allagelena scopulata (Wang, 1991) – China
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