''Amaurobius'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of tangled nest spiders that was first described by

Carl Ludwig Koch Carl Ludwig Koch (21 September 1778 – 23 August 1857) was a German entomologist and arachnologist. He was responsible for classifying a great number of spiders, including the Brazilian whiteknee tarantula and common house spider. He was born ...

in 1837.

Species

it contains sixty-eight species: *'' A. agastus'' (

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, 1947) – USA *'' A. annulatus'' ( Kulczyński, 1906) –

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*'' A. antipovae'' Marusik & Kovblyuk, 2004 –

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) *'' A. ausobskyi'' Thaler & Knoflach, 1998 –

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*'' A. barbaricus'' Leech, 1972 – USA *'' A. barbarus''

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, 1911 –

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*'' A. borealis'' Emerton, 1909 – USA,

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

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q638444 Amaurobius, Amaurobiidae genera Cosmopolitan spiders Taxa named by Carl Ludwig Koch