Amaurobius

Amaurobius
Amaurobius similis (male)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Amaurobiidae
Genus:	Amaurobius C. L. Koch, 1837[1]
Species
See text.
Diversity[1]
64 species

Amaurobius is a genus of araneomorph spiders with mostly holarctic distribution.^[1]

Species

As of October 2016, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:^[1]

• Amaurobius agastus (Chamberlin, 1947) – USA
• Amaurobius annulatus (Kulczyński, 1906) – Balkans
• Amaurobius antipovae Marusik & Kovblyuk, 2004 – Russia, Georgia
• Amaurobius asuncionis Mello-Leitão, 1946 – Paraguay
• Amaurobius ausobskyi Thaler & Knoflach, 1998 – Greece
• Amaurobius barbaricus Leech, 1972 – USA
• Amaurobius barbarus Simon, 1911 – Algeria
• Amaurobius borealis Emerton, 1909 – USA, Canada
• Amaurobius candia Thaler & Knoflach, 2002 – Crete
• Amaurobius cerberus Fage, 1931 – Spain
• Amaurobius corruptus Leech, 1972 – USA
• Amaurobius crassipalpis Canestrini & Pavesi, 1870 – Germany, Switzerland, Italy
• Amaurobius cretaensis Wunderlich, 1995 – Crete
• Amaurobius deelemanae Thaler & Knoflach, 1995 – Greece, Crete
• Amaurobius diablo Leech, 1972 – USA
• Amaurobius distortus Leech, 1972 – USA
• Amaurobius dorotheae (Chamberlin, 1947) – USA
• Amaurobius drenskii Kratochvíl, 1934 – Bosnia-Hercegovina
• Amaurobius erberi (Keyserling, 1863) – Europe, Canary Is.
• Amaurobius fenestralis (Ström, 1768) (type species) – Europe to Central Asia
• Amaurobius ferox (Walckenaer, 1830) – Holarctic
• Amaurobius festae Caporiacco, 1934 – Libya
• Amaurobius galeritus Leech, 1972 – USA
• Amaurobius geminus Thaler & Knoflach, 2002 – Crete
• Amaurobius hagiellus (Chamberlin, 1947) – USA
• Amaurobius heathi (Chamberlin, 1947) – USA
• Amaurobius hercegovinensis Kulczyński, 1915 – Bosnia-Hercegovina
• Amaurobius intermedius Leech, 1972 – USA
• Amaurobius jugorum L. Koch, 1868 – Europe
• Amaurobius koponeni Marusik, Ballarin & Omelko, 2012 – India
• Amaurobius kratochvili Miller, 1938 – Croatia, Albania
• Amaurobius latebrosus Simon, 1874 – Corsica
• Amaurobius latescens (Chamberlin, 1919) – USA
• Amaurobius leechi Brignoli, 1983 – USA
• Amaurobius lesbius Bosmans, 2011 – Greece
• Amaurobius longipes Thaler & Knoflach, 1995 – Greece
• Amaurobius mathetes (Chamberlin, 1947) – USA
• Amaurobius mephisto (Chamberlin, 1947) – USA
• Amaurobius minor Kulczyński, 1915 – Eastern Europe
• Amaurobius minutus Leech, 1972 – USA
• Amaurobius obustus L. Koch, 1868 – Europe
• Amaurobius occidentalis Simon, 1893 – Portugal, Spain, France
• Amaurobius ossa Thaler & Knoflach, 1993 – Greece
• Amaurobius pallidus L. Koch, 1868 – Southeastern Europe to Georgia
• Amaurobius palomar Leech, 1972 – USA
• Amaurobius paon Thaler & Knoflach, 1993 – Greece
• Amaurobius pavesii Pesarini, 1991 – Italy
• Amaurobius pelops Thaler & Knoflach, 1991 – Greece
• Amaurobius phaeacus Thaler & Knoflach, 1998 – Albania, Greece
• Amaurobius prosopidus Leech, 1972 – USA
• Amaurobius ruffoi Thaler, 1990 – Italy
• Amaurobius sciakyi Pesarini, 1991 – Italy
• Amaurobius scopolii Thorell, 1871 – Southern Europe
• Amaurobius similis (Blackwall, 1861) – Holarctic
• Amaurobius strandi Charitonov, 1937 – Greece, Bulgaria, Ukraine
• Amaurobius tamalpais Leech, 1972 – USA
• Amaurobius thoracicus Mello-Leitão, 1945 – Argentina
• Amaurobius transversus Leech, 1972 – USA
• Amaurobius triangularis Leech, 1972 – USA
• Amaurobius tristis L. Koch, 1875 – Eritrea
• Amaurobius tulare Leech, 1972 – USA
• Amaurobius vachoni Hubert, 1965 – Spain
• Amaurobius vexans Leech, 1972 – USA
• Amaurobius yanoianus Nakatsudi, 1943 – Micronesia

References

1. "Gen. Amaurobius C.L. Koch, 1837", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-10-24