title: Amaurobius
text: # Amaurobius
  
  Amaurobius is a genus of tangled nest spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1837.
  
  ## Species
  
  As of July 2019 it contains sixty-seven species:
  
  * A. agastus (Chamberlin, 1947) – USA
  * A. annulatus (Kulczyński, 1906) – Croatia, Montenegro
  * A. antipovae Marusik & Kovblyuk, 2004 – Caucasus (Russia, Georgia)
  * A. asuncionis Mello-Leitão, 1946 – Paraguay
  * 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. cerberus Fage, 1931 – Spain
  * A. corruptus Leech, 1972 – USA
  * A. crassipalpis Canestrini & Pavesi, 1870 – Germany, Switzerland, Italy
  * A. cretaensis Wunderlich, 1995 – Greece (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 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. 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. koponeni Marusik, Ballarin & Omelko, 2012 – India
  * 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. thoracicus Mello-Leitão, 1945 – Argentina
  * 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. yanoianus Nakatsudi, 1943 – Micronesia
  