Agelena is a genus of Agelenid spiders that trap their prey by weaving entangling non-sticky funnel webs. The genus is limited to the Old world

Old World

The Old World consists of those parts of the world known to classical antiquity and the European Middle Ages. It is used in the context of, and contrast with, the "New World" ....

, where it occurs from Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

 to Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. It is sometimes referred to as Eurasian Grass Spiders, as opposed to its North-American counterpart, Agelenopsis.

Agelena limbata is one of the most common web-weaving spider species in Japan, the species known as Agelena opulenta was moved to the genus Allagelena in 2006.

Species

Four species were transferred to the new genus Allagelena in 2006.

• Agelena agelenoides (Walckenaer, 1842) (Western Mediterranean)
• Agelena annulipedella Strand, 1913 (Central Africa)
• Agelena atlantea Fage, 1938 (Morocco)
• Agelena australis Simon, 1896 (South Africa)
• Agelena babai Tanikawa, 2005 (Japan)
• Agelena barunae Tikader, 1970 (India)
• Agelena bifida Wang, 1997 (China)
• Agelena borbonica Vinson, 1863 (Réunion)
• Agelena canariensis Lucas, 1838 (Canary Is., Morocco, Algeria)
• Agelena chayu Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2005 (China)
• Agelena choi Paik, 1965 (Korea)
• Agelena consociata
  Agelena consociata
  Agelena consociata is a social species of funnel web spider that occurs in tropical forests in West Africa and lives in colonies of one to several hundred individuals.-Distribution:This species is found in rainforest habitats in Gabon...
  
  Denis, 1965 (Gabon)
• Agelena cuspidata Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2005 (China)
• Agelena cymbiforma Wang, 1991 (China)
• Agelena donggukensis Kim, 1996 (Korea, Japan)
• Agelena doris Hogg, 1922 (Vietnam)
• Agelena dubiosa Strand, 1908 (Ethiopia, Rwanda)
• Agelena fagei Caporiacco, 1949 (Kenya)
• Agelena funerea Simon, 1909 (East Africa)
• Agelena gaerdesi Roewer, 1955 (Namibia)
• Agelena gautami Tikader, 1962 (India)
• Agelena gomerensis Wunderlich, 1992 (Canary Is.)
• Agelena gonzalezi Schmidt, 1980 (Canary Is.)
• Agelena hirsutissima Caporiacco, 1940 (Ethiopia)
• Agelena howelli Benoit, 1978 (Tanzania)
• Agelena incertissima Caporiacco, 1939 (Ethiopia)
• Agelena inda Simon, 1897 (India)
• Agelena injuria Fox, 1936 (China)
• Agelena jaundea Roewer, 1955 (Cameroon)
• Agelena jirisanensis Paik, 1965 (Korea)
• Agelena jumbo Strand, 1913 (Central Africa)
• Agelena jumbo kiwuensis Strand, 1913 (East Africa)
• Agelena keniana Roewer, 1955 (Kenya)
• Agelena kiboschensis Lessert, 1915 (Central, East Africa)
• Agelena koreana Paik, 1965 (Korea)
• Agelena labyrinthica
  Agelena labyrinthica
  Agelena labyrinthica is a species of spider in the family Agelenidae, which contains 1146 species of funnel-web spiders. It is a widespread species in Europe, where there are 180 species, and in Central Europe, where there are 30 species currently known....
  
  (Clerck, 1757) (Palearctic)
• Agelena lawrencei Roewer, 1955 (Zimbabwe)
• Agelena limbata Thorell, 1897 (China, Korea, Myanmar, Japan)
• Agelena lingua Strand, 1913 (Central Africa)
• Agelena littoricola Strand, 1913 (Central Africa)
• Agelena longimamillata Roewer, 1955 (Mozambique)
• Agelena longipes Carpenter, 1900 (England (introduced))
• Agelena lukla Nishikawa, 1980 (Nepal)
• Agelena maracandensis (Charitonov, 1946) (Central Asia)
• Agelena mengeella Strand, 1942 (Germany)
• Agelena mengei Lebert, 1877 (Switzerland)
• Agelena micropunctulata Wang, 1992 (China)
• Agelena moschiensis Roewer, 1955 (Tanzania)
• Agelena mossambica Roewer, 1955 (Mozambique)
• Agelena nairobii Caporiacco, 1949 (Central, East Africa)
• Agelena nigra Caporiacco, 1940 (Ethiopia)
• Agelena nyassana Roewer, 1955 (Malawi)
• Agelena oaklandensis Barman, 1979 (India)
• Agelena orientalis C. L. Koch, 1837 (Italy to Central Asia, Iran)
• Agelena otiforma Wang, 1991 (China)
• Agelena poliosata Wang, 1991 (China)
• Agelena republicana Darchen, 1967 (Gabon)
• Agelena sangzhiensis Wang, 1991 (China)
• Agelena satmila Tikader, 1970 (India)
• Agelena scopulata Wang, 1991 (China)
• Agelena secsuensis Lendl, 1898 (China)
• Agelena sherpa Nishikawa, 1980 (Nepal)
• Agelena shillongensis Tikader, 1969 (India)
• Agelena silvatica Oliger, 1983 (Russia, China, Japan)
• Agelena suboculata Simon, 1910 (Namibia)
• Agelena tadzhika Andreeva, 1976 (Russia, Central Asia)
• Agelena tenerifensis Wunderlich, 1992 (Canary Is.)
• Agelena tenuella Roewer, 1955 (Cameroon)
• Agelena tenuis Hogg, 1922 (Vietnam)
• Agelena teteana Roewer, 1955 (Mozambique)
• Agelena tungchis Lee, 1998 (Taiwan)
• Agelena zorica Strand, 1913 (Central, East Africa)
• Agelena zuluana Roewer, 1955 (South Africa)