Allagelena opulenta
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| Allagelena opulenta | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Agelenidae |
| Genus: | Allagelena |
| Species: | A. opulenta |
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| Allagelena opulenta | |
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Allagelena opulenta is a species of funnel weaver spider of the family Agelenidae.[1] The species was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1878.[1][2]
A. opulenta is native to Russian Far East, Japan, Korea,[1] China,[3] and Taiwan.[4] It is similar in appearance to A. bistriata but can be distinguished by a number of features including the structure of its patella and the shape of its retrolateral tibial apophysis.[3]
Its venom is used to make the insecticidal toxin agelenin.[5]