# Amaurobius

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

## Species

As of December 2024 it contains sixty-eight species:
* A. agastus (Chamberlin, 1947) – USA
* A. annulatus (Kulczyński, 1906) – Croatia, Montenegro
* A. antipovae Marusik & Kovblyuk, 2004 – Caucasus (Russia, Georgia)
* 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. caucasicus Marusik, Otto & Japoshvili, 2020 – Georgia
* 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. danba Lin & Li, 2024 – China
* 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. guangwushanensis Wang, Irfan, Zhou & Zhang, 2023 – China
* 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. 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. 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. wulongdongensis Wang, Irfan, Zhou & Zhang, 2023 – China
* A. yaan Lin & Li, 2024 – China