About Tengella radiata (Kulczyński, 1909)
Tengella radiata can be told apart from its closely related species by its unique color pattern. Its carapace has yellow submarginal lines and a light yellow median line, which runs from the space between the posterior median eyes to the posterior edge of the cephalothorax. Three pairs of yellow lines radiate out from the median groove, and all of these lines connect to the submarginal lines. The legs are pale yellow, with darker dorsal surfaces on the femora and tibiae, and each leg segment usually has four annulations. The abdomen is darker along its anterior portion, with two thin white lines starting at the anterior edge. These lines break apart into rows of five dots that extend almost all the way to the spinnerets. For adult females, the average total length of leg I is 34.8mm, and adult males are smaller in size. T. radiata has been recorded across the range from Honduras to Panama. Confirmed specific localities include multiple sites across four provinces of Costa Rica: Alajuela, Guanacaste, Heredia, and Puntarenas.
