Agelena

Agelena is a genus of agelenid spiders first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1805. Sometimes referred to as Eurasian grass spiders, they trap their prey by weaving entangling non-sticky funnel webs. They are limited to the Old world, occurring from Africa to Japan. 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. Four species were transferred to the new genus Allagelena in 2006. As of March 2019 it contains sixty species: