Amaurobius

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Superfamilia: Amaurobioidea

Familia: Amaurobiidae
Genus: Amaurobius
Species: A. agastus – A. annulatus – A. antipovae – A. asuncionis – A. ausobskyi – A. barbaricus – A. barbarus – A. borealis – A. candia – A. caucasicus – A. cerberus – A. corruptus – A. crassipalpis – A. cretaensis – A. deelemanae – A. diablo – A. distortus – A. dorotheae – A. drenskii – A. erberi – A. fenestralis – A. ferox – A. festae – A. galeritus – A. geminus – A. hagiellus – A. heathi – A. hercegovinensis – A. intermedius – A. jugorum – A. koponeni – A. kratochvili – A. latebrosus – A. latescens – A. leechi – A. lesbius – A. longipes – A. mathetes – A. mephisto – A. minor – A. minorca – A. minutus – A. obustus – A. occidentalis – A. ossa – A. pallidus – A. palomar – A. paon – A. pavesii – A. pelops – A. pesarinii – A. phaeacus – A. prosopidus – A. ruffoi – A. sciakyi – A. scopolii – A. similis – A. songi – A. spinatus – A. spominimus – A. strandi – A. tamalpais – A. thoracicus – A. transversus – A. triangularis – A. tristis – A. tulare – A. vachoni – A. vexans – A. yanoianus

Unaccepted species (4): A. andhracus – A. milloti – A. nathabhaii – A. sharmai
Name

Amaurobius Koch, 1837
Type species: Aranea fenestralis Ström, 1768

Synonyms

Walmus Chamberlin, 1947

References

Bosmans, R. 2011: On some new or rare spider species from Lesbos, Greece (Araneae: Agelenidae, Amaurobiidae, Corinnidae, Gnaphosidae, Liocranidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 40: 15–22. full article (PDF). Reference page.
Bosmans, A. 2021.Notes on Amaurobiidae (Araneae) of the Western Mediterranean region, with the description of a new species. Arachnology 18(8): 873-882. Reference page.
Koch C.L., 1837. Übersicht des Arachnidensystems. Nürnberg, Heft 1, pp. 1–39. BHL Reference page.
Ballarin, F. & Pantini, P. 2017. A new species of Amaurobius C.L. Koch, 1837 (Araneae: Amaurobiidae) from Apennine Mountains (Italy) with the description of the male of A. pavesii Pesarini, 1991. Zootaxa 4276(4): 479–502. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4276.4.2. Reference page.
Marusik, Yu.M. & Omelko, M.M. 2015. Redescription of "Amaurobius" rufipes Taczanowski, 1874 (Araneae: Corinnidae) with notes of Amaurobius species described from French Guyana. Zootaxa 3974(1): 148–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3974.1.14 Preview (PDF). Reference page.
Marusik, Y.M., Otto, S. & Japoshvili, G. 2020. Taxonomic notes on Amaurobius (Araneae: Amaurobiidae), including the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4718(1): 047–056. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4718.1.3. Reference page.
Platnick, N. I. 2009. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History. [1]
Zhang, L., Wang, L-Y. & Zhang, Z-S. 2018. The first record of Amaurobius C.L. Koch, 1837 (Araneae, Amaurobiidae) from China, with description of two new species. Zootaxa 4402(2): 363–372. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4402.2.8 Reference page.

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Echte Finsterspinnen.

Amaurobius is a genus of tangled nest spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1837.[3]
Species

As of July 2019 it contains sixty-seven species:[1]

A. agastus (Chamberlin, 1947) – USA
A. annulatus (Kulczyński, 1906) – Croatia, Montenegro
A. antipovae Marusik & Kovblyuk, 2004 – Caucasus (Russia, Georgia)
A. asuncionis Mello-Leitão, 1946 – Paraguay
A. ausobskyi Thaler & Knoflach, 1998 – Greece
A. barbaricus Leech, 1972 – USA
A. barbarus Simon, 1911 – Algeria, Spain
A. borealis Emerton, 1909 – USA, Canada
A. candia Thaler & Knoflach, 2002 – Greece (Crete)
A. cerberus Fage, 1931 – Spain
A. corruptus Leech, 1972 – USA
A. crassipalpis Canestrini & Pavesi, 1870 – Germany, Switzerland, Italy
A. cretaensis Wunderlich, 1995 – Greece (Crete)
A. deelemanae Thaler & Knoflach, 1995 – Greece, Crete
A. diablo Leech, 1972 – USA
A. distortus Leech, 1972 – USA
A. dorotheae (Chamberlin, 1947) – USA
A. drenskii Kratochvíl, 1934 – Bosnia and Herzegovina
A. erberi (Keyserling, 1863) – Canary Is., Europe, Turkey, Caucasus
A. fenestralis (Ström, 1768) (type) – Europe to Central Asia
A. ferox (Walckenaer, 1830) – Europe, Turkey. Introduced to Canada, USA, Mexico
A. festae Caporiacco, 1934 – Libya
A. galeritus Leech, 1972 – USA
A. geminus Thaler & Knoflach, 2002 – Greece (Crete)
A. hagiellus (Chamberlin, 1947) – USA
A. heathi (Chamberlin, 1947) – USA
A. hercegovinensis Kulczyński, 1915 – Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro
A. intermedius Leech, 1972 – USA
A. jugorum L. Koch, 1868 – Europe
A. koponeni Marusik, Ballarin & Omelko, 2012 – India
A. kratochvili Miller, 1938 – Croatia, Albania
A. latebrosus Simon, 1874 – France (Corsica)
A. latescens (Chamberlin, 1919) – USA
A. leechi Brignoli, 1983 – USA
A. lesbius Bosmans, 2011 – Greece
A. longipes Thaler & Knoflach, 1995 – Greece
A. mathetes (Chamberlin, 1947) – USA
A. mephisto (Chamberlin, 1947) – USA
A. minor Kulczyński, 1915 – Eastern Europe
A. minorca Barrientos & Febrer, 2018 – Spain (Menorca)
A. minutus Leech, 1972 – USA
A. obustus L. Koch, 1868 – Europe
A. occidentalis Simon, 1893 – Portugal, Spain, France
A. ossa Thaler & Knoflach, 1993 – Greece
A. pallidus L. Koch, 1868 – Southeastern Europe to Georgia
A. palomar Leech, 1972 – USA
A. paon Thaler & Knoflach, 1993 – Greece
A. pavesii Pesarini, 1991 – Italy
A. pelops Thaler & Knoflach, 1991 – Greece
A. pesarinii Ballarin & Pantini, 2017 – Italy
A. phaeacus Thaler & Knoflach, 1998 – Albania, Macedonia, Greece
A. prosopidus Leech, 1972 – USA
A. ruffoi Thaler, 1990 – Italy
A. scopolii Thorell, 1871 – France, Italy, Slovenia
A. similis (Blackwall, 1861) – Europe, Caucasus. Introduced to North America
A. songi Zhang, Wang & Zhang, 2018 – China
A. spinatus Zhang, Wang & Zhang, 2018 – China
A. strandi Charitonov, 1937 – Greece, Bulgaria, Ukraine
A. tamalpais Leech, 1972 – USA
A. thoracicus Mello-Leitão, 1945 – Argentina
A. transversus Leech, 1972 – USA
A. triangularis Leech, 1972 – USA
A. tristis L. Koch, 1875 – Eritrea
A. tulare Leech, 1972 – USA
A. vachoni Hubert, 1965 – Spain
A. vexans Leech, 1972 – USA
A. yanoianus Nakatsudi, 1943 – Micronesia