Eratigena duellica, the giant house spider, is a species of funnel weaver in the spider family Agelenidae. It is found in Canada, the United States, and Europe.[1][2] The related species Eratigena atrica is also called the giant house spider.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Agelenidae |
| Genus: | Eratigena |
| Species: | E. duellica
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| Binomial name | |
| Eratigena duellica (Simon, 1875)
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Eratigena atrica was transferred from the genus Tegenaria in 2013. It was considered the same species as Eratigena atrica until 2018, when Eratigena duellica, Eratigena saeva, and Eratigena atrica were restored as separate species.[3][4]
References edit
- ^ "World Spider Catalog, Eratigena duellica". Retrieved 2019-12-26.
- ^ "Eratigena duellica species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
- ^ Bolzern, Angelo; Burckhardt, Daniel; Hänggi, Ambros (2013). "Phylogeny and taxonomy of European funnel-web spiders of the Tegenaria−Malthonica complex (Araneae: Agelenidae) based upon morphological and molecular data". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 168 (4): 723–848. doi:10.1111/zoj.12040.
- ^ Oxford, Geoff S; Bolzern, Angelo (2018). "Molecules v. Morphology—is Eratigena atrica (Araneae: Agelenidae) One Species or Three?". Arachnology. 17 (7): 337–357. doi:10.13156/arac.2017.17.7.337. S2CID 90843479.