Allagelena opulenta explained

Allagelena opulenta is a species of funnel weaver spider of the family Agelenidae. The species was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1878.^[1]

A. opulenta is native to Japan, China, Korea, and Taiwan. 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.^[2]

Its venom is used to make the insecticidal toxin agelenin.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Japanesische Arachniden und Myriapoden . Koch, L. . Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien . 1878 . 27 . 735–798.
2. A new genus of funnel-web spiders, with notes on relationships of the five genera from China (Araneae: Agelenidae) . Zhang, Zhisheng . Zhu, Ming-Sheng . Song, Da-Xiang . Oriental Insects . 2006 . 40 . 77–89 . 10.1080/00305316.2006.10417458. 84411212 .
3. Institute for Molecular Bioscience. (2010) “U₂-agatoxin-Ao1a”, Arachnoserver. Accessed on: 11 October 2015.