Amaurobius C. L. Koch 1837
Creators: name: Bosmans, Robert
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Amaurobiidae
Amaurobius

description: Genus <i>Amaurobius</i> C. L. Koch The genus <i>Amaurobius</i> currently includes 67 species (PLATNICK 2010) and has a mainly Holarctic distribution. In Greece, it has been thoroughly studied by THALER &amp; KNOFLACH (1991, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2002) and WUNDERLICH (1995). Thirteen <i>Amaurobius</i> species have been found in Greece (BOSMANS &amp; CHATZAKI 2005). <i>A. candia</i> Thaler &amp; Knoflach, 2002, <i>A. cretaensis</i> Wunderlich, 1995 and <i>A. geminus</i> Thaler &amp; Knoflach, 2002 are endemics for Crete, <i>A. phaeacus</i> Thaler &amp; Knoflach, 1998 is an endemic for Kerkyra, A. <i>deelemanae</i> Thaler &amp; Knoflach, 1995 occurs on Crete, the Dodekanisa and Kyklades and A. azusobskyi Thaler &amp; Knoflach,.4. <i>longipes Thaler</i> &amp; Knoflach, 1995, A. ossa Thaler &amp; Knoflach, 1993, A A. <i>paon Thaler</i> &amp; Knoflach, 1993 and A..pelops Thaler &amp; Knoflach, 1991 are endemics occurring in continental Greece. <i>Amaurobius pallidus</i> L. Koch, 1868 and <i>A. strandi</i> Charitonov, 1937 have an eastern Mediterranean distribution and <i>A. erberi</i> (Keyserling, 1863) has a circummediterranean distribution. From the Eastern Aegean islands (to which Lesbos belongs) only <i>Amaurobius</i> scopolii Thorell, 1871 has been cited from Chios (STRAND 1917) but this is most probably a misidentification. It is thus not surprising to discover another new <i>Amaurobius</i> species on one of the Aegean Islands.
description: Published as part of <i>Robert Bosmans, 2011, On some new or rare spider species from Lesbos, Greece (Araneae: Agelenidae, Amaurobiidae, Corinnidae, Gnaphosidae, Liocranidae), pp. 15-22 in Arachnologische Mitteilungen 40 (1)</i> on page 17, DOI: 10.5431/aramit4003, http://zenodo.org/record/814865
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