Amaurobius

Amaurobius is a genus of tangled nest spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1837.

Species

it contains sixty-eight species:

• A. agastus <small>(Chamberlin, 1947)</small> – USA
• A. annulatus <small>(Kulczyński, 1906)</small> – Croatia, Montenegro
• A. antipovae <small>Marusik & Kovblyuk, 2004</small> – Caucasus (Russia, Georgia)
• A. ausobskyi <small>Thaler & Knoflach, 1998</small> – Greece
• A. barbaricus <small>Leech, 1972</small> – USA
• A. barbarus <small>Simon, 1911</small> – Algeria, Spain
• A. borealis <small>Emerton, 1909</small> – USA, Canada
• A. candia <small>Thaler & Knoflach, 2002</small> – Greece (Crete)
• A. caucasicus <small>Marusik, Otto & Japoshvili, 2020</small> – Georgia
• A. cerberus <small>Fage, 1931</small> – Spain
• A. corruptus <small>Leech, 1972</small> – USA
• A. crassipalpis <small>Canestrini & Pavesi, 1870</small> – Germany, Switzerland, Italy
• A. cretaensis <small>Wunderlich, 1995</small> – Greece (Crete)
• A. danba <small>Lin & Li, 2024</small> – China
• A. deelemanae <small>Thaler & Knoflach, 1995</small> – Greece, Crete
• A. diablo <small>Leech, 1972</small> – USA
• A. distortus <small>Leech, 1972</small> – USA
• A. dorotheae <small>(Chamberlin, 1947)</small> – USA
• A. drenskii <small>Kratochvíl, 1934</small> – Bosnia and Herzegovina
• A. erberi <small>(Keyserling, 1863)</small> – Canary Is., Europe, Turkey, Caucasus
• A. fenestralis <small>(Ström, 1768)</small> (type) – Europe to Central Asia
• A. ferox <small>(Walckenaer, 1830)</small> – Europe, Turkey. Introduced to Canada, USA, Mexico
• A. festae <small>Caporiacco, 1934</small> – Libya
• A. galeritus <small>Leech, 1972</small> – USA
• A. geminus <small>Thaler & Knoflach, 2002</small> – Greece (Crete)
• A. guangwushanensis <small> Wang, Irfan, Zhou & Zhang, 2023</small> – China
• A. hagiellus <small>(Chamberlin, 1947)</small> – USA
• A. heathi <small>(Chamberlin, 1947)</small> – USA
• A. hercegovinensis <small>Kulczyński, 1915</small> – Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro
• A. intermedius <small>Leech, 1972</small> – USA
• A. jugorum <small>L. Koch, 1868</small> – Europe
• A. kratochvili <small>Miller, 1938</small> – Croatia, Albania
• A. latebrosus <small>Simon, 1874</small> – France (Corsica)
• A. latescens <small>(Chamberlin, 1919)</small> – USA
• A. leechi <small>Brignoli, 1983</small> – USA
• A. lesbius <small>Bosmans, 2011</small> – Greece
• A. longipes <small>Thaler & Knoflach, 1995</small> – Greece
• A. mathetes <small>(Chamberlin, 1947)</small> – USA
• A. mephisto <small>(Chamberlin, 1947)</small> – USA
• A. minor <small>Kulczyński, 1915</small> – Eastern Europe
• A. minorca <small>Barrientos & Febrer, 2018</small> – Spain (Menorca)
• A. minutus <small>Leech, 1972</small> – USA
• A. obustus <small>L. Koch, 1868</small> – Europe
• A. occidentalis <small>Simon, 1893</small> – Portugal, Spain, France
• A. ossa <small>Thaler & Knoflach, 1993</small> – Greece
• A. pallidus <small>L. Koch, 1868</small> – Southeastern Europe to Georgia
• A. palomar <small>Leech, 1972</small> – USA
• A. paon <small>Thaler & Knoflach, 1993</small> – Greece
• A. pavesii <small>Pesarini, 1991</small> – Italy
• A. pelops <small>Thaler & Knoflach, 1991</small> – Greece
• A. pesarinii <small>Ballarin & Pantini, 2017</small> – Italy
• A. phaeacus <small>Thaler & Knoflach, 1998</small> – Albania, Macedonia, Greece
• A. prosopidus <small>Leech, 1972</small> – USA
• A. ruffoi <small>Thaler, 1990</small> – Italy
• A. scopolii <small>Thorell, 1871</small> – France, Italy, Slovenia
• A. similis <small>(Blackwall, 1861)</small> – Europe, Caucasus. Introduced to North America
• A. songi <small>Zhang, Wang & Zhang, 2018</small> – China
• A. spinatus <small>Zhang, Wang & Zhang, 2018</small> – China
• A. strandi <small>Charitonov, 1937</small> – Greece, Bulgaria, Ukraine
• A. tamalpais <small>Leech, 1972</small> – USA
• A. transversus <small>Leech, 1972</small> – USA
• A. triangularis <small>Leech, 1972</small> – USA
• A. tristis <small>L. Koch, 1875</small> – Eritrea
• A. tulare <small>Leech, 1972</small> – USA
• A. vachoni <small>Hubert, 1965</small> – Spain
• A. vexans <small>Leech, 1972</small> – USA
• A. wulongdongensis <small> Wang, Irfan, Zhou & Zhang, 2023</small> – China
• A. yaan <small>Lin & Li, 2024</small> – China

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