Phylogeny and taxonomy of European funnel-web spiders of the Tegenaria-Malthonica complex (Araneae: Agelenidae) based upon morphological and molecular data Author Bolzern, Angelo Author Burckhardt, Daniel Author Hänggi, Ambros text Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 2013 Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 2013-07-26 168 4 723 848 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12040 journal article 118647 10.1111/zoj.12040 dd75c7a5-e473-4119-8db8-ca35a11ca128 0024-4082 5282985 28796C66-FD49-4FA9-8D0F-21DD495AA88A MALTHONICA DAEDELI BRIGNOLI, 1980 INCERTAE SEDIS Malthonica daedeli Brignoli, 1980: 80 , 81, fig. 13, female. Type Holotype . Greece : Crete , 10 km south of Heraklion , ♀ ( MSNB ), 27.v.1964 , Valle & Bianchi. Description A detailed description was provided by Brignoli (1980) . Discussion Brignoli (1980: 81) stated that ‘... the generic position of this species is very puzzling;...’. He assigned it to Malthonica because: ‘... The absence of “teeth” on the epigyne and the small number of cheliceral teeth would not suggest relations with Malthonica , but a certain general similarity with M. minoa (Brignoli, 1976) and the impossibility of placing it elsewhere make it preferable to place it provisionally in this genus...’. The holotype is the only known specimen to date. Until more material is available the generic affiliation of this species remains uncertain.