Summary for Tegenaria hasperi (Araneae)

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Tegenaria hasperi Copyright: Alice Bennett-West

Identification difficulty rating: 5

Name: Tegenaria hasperi

Authority: Chyzer, 1897

Order: Arachnida: Araneae

Family: Agelenidae

Records: 4

First Record: 2014

Latest Record: 2022

1992-on hectads: 2

Pre-1992 hectads: 0

Total hectads: 2

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Distribution
Tegenaria hasperi was first found in Britain in 2014 (Harvey 2015). In Europe, it is known from countries mostly bordering the Mediterranean Sea, from France to Turkey (https://araneae.nmbe.ch/data/2305).

Habitat and ecology
The initial three specimens were taken from a green roof at the Olympic Park, London. The second location was a garden centre in North Somerset (Bennett-West, 2023). In Europe it occurs under stones in open terrain (Deltshev 1993).

Status
Unknown

Author of profile: Geoff Oxford.

References
Bennett-West, A. (2023) Tegenaria hasperi – a new British record. SRS News 105: 11-12. In: Newsl. Br. arachnol. Soc. 156.
Deltshev, C. 1993. The genus Tegenaria Latreille in Bulgaria: a critical review with descriptions of two sibling species (Arachnida, Araneae: Agelenidae). Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck 80: 167-174.
Harvey, P. R. 2015. Editorial. SRS News 82: 1. In: Newsl. Br. arachnol. Soc. 132. References