Amaurobius
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Amaurobius is a genus of araneomorph spiders with mostly holarctic
distribution. It has been known to be one of the only spiders that can eat a spider hunting wasp if the wasp becomes entangled in its silk.
Holarctic
The Holarctic ecozone refers to the habitats found throughout the northern continents of the world as a whole. This region is divided into the Palearctic, consisting of Northern Africa and all of Eurasia, with the exception of Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent, and the Nearctic,...
distribution. It has been known to be one of the only 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 EmertonJames Henry EmertonJames Henry Emerton was an American arachnologist.-Early life:Emerton was born at Salem, Massachusetts, on March 31, 1847. He was rather frail, and a young helper in his father's drug store, George F. Markoe, interested the boy in outdoor life...
, 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. erberiAmaurobius erberiAmaurobius erberi is a spider belonging to the family Amaurobiidae. It is found in Andorra, Austria, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Romania, Spain and the Canary Islands....
(Keyserling, 1863) — Europe, Canary Islands - A. fenestralis (Ström, 1768) — Europe to Central Asia
- A. feroxAmaurobius feroxAmaurobius ferox, sometimes known as the black lace-weaver is a spider belonging to the family Amaurobiidae. It is distributed in Europe and North America and has been introduced into New Zealand....
(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. heathiAmaurobius heathiAmaurobius heathi is an araneomorph spider species in the genus Amaurobius found in the United States....
(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