Amaurobius

Amaurobius
Amaurobius similis (male)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Amaurobiidae
Genus:	Amaurobius C. L. Koch, 1837
Species
See text.
Diversity
67 species

Amaurobius is a genus of araneomorph spiders with mostly holarctic distribution. It is one of a few species of spiders that can eat a spider hunting wasp if the wasp becomes entangled in its silk.

Species

• A. agastus (Chamberlin, 1947) — USA
• A. andhracus Patel & Reddy, 1990 — India
• A. annulatus (Kulczynski, 1906) — Balkans
• A. antipovae Marusik & Kovblyuk, 2004 — Georgia
• A. asuncionis Mello-Leitão, 1946 — Paraguay
• A. ausobskyi Thaler & Knoflach, 1998 — Greece
• A. barbaricus Leech, 1972 — USA
• A. barbarus Simon, 1910 — Algeria
• A. borealis Emerton, 1909 — USA, Canada
• A. candia Thaler & Knoflach, 2002 — Crete
• A. cerberus Fage, 1931 — Spain
• A. corruptus Leech, 1972 — USA
• A. crassipalpis Canestrini & Pavesi, 1870 — Germany, Switzerland, Italy
• A. cretaensis Wunderlich, 1995 — 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-Hercegovina
• A. erberi (Keyserling, 1863) — Europe, Canary Islands
• A. fenestralis (Ström, 1768) — Europe to Central Asia
• A. ferox (Walckenaer, 1830) — Holarctic
• A. festae Caporiacco, 1934 — Libya
• A. galeritus Leech, 1972 — USA
• A. geminus Thaler & Knoflach, 2002 — Crete
• A. hagiellus (Chamberlin, 1947) — USA
• A. heathi (Chamberlin, 1947) — USA
• A. hercegovinensis Kulczynski, 1915 — Bosnia-Hercegovina
• A. indicus Bastawade, 2002 — India
• A. intermedius Leech, 1972 — USA
• A. jugorum L. Koch, 1868 — Europe
• A. kratochvili Miller, 1938 — Croatia
• A. latebrosus Simon, 1874 — Corsica
• A. latescens (Chamberlin, 1919) — USA
• A. leechi Brignoli, 1983 — USA
• A. longipes Thaler & Knoflach, 1995 — Greece
• A. mathetes (Chamberlin, 1947) — USA
• A. mephisto (Chamberlin, 1947) — USA
• A. milloti Hubert, 1973 — Nepal
• A. minor Kulczynski, 1915 — Eastern Europe
• A. minutus Leech, 1972 — USA
• A. nathabhaii Patel & Patel, 1975 — India
• A. obustus L. Koch, 1868 — Europe
• A. occidentalis Simon, 1892 — 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. phaeacus Thaler & Knoflach, 1998 — Greece
• A. prosopidus Leech, 1972 — USA
• A. ruffoi Thaler, 1990 — Italy
• A. sciakyi Pesarini, 1991 — Italy
• A. scopolii Thorell, 1871 — Southern Europe
• A. similis (Blackwall, 1861) — Holarctic
• A. spominimus Taczanowski, 1866 — Poland
• 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 — Ethiopia
• A. tulare Leech, 1972 — USA
• A. vachoni Hubert, 1965 — Spain
• A. vexans Leech, 1972 — USA
• A. yanoianus Nakatsudi, 1943 — Micronesia

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