Amaurobioides

Amaurobioides is a genus of anyphaenid sac spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1883.[2]

Amaurobioides
A. africana, adult female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Anyphaenidae
Genus: Amaurobioides
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1883[1]
Type species
A. maritima
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1883
Species

12, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Cluilius

Species

As of April 2019 it contains twelve species:[1]

  • Amaurobioides africana Hewitt, 1917 – Namibia, South Africa
  • Amaurobioides chilensis (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile
  • Amaurobioides isolata Hirst, 1993 – Australia (South Australia)
  • Amaurobioides litoralis Hickman, 1949 – Australia (Tasmania)
  • Amaurobioides major Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
  • Amaurobioides maritima O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1883 – New Zealand
  • Amaurobioides minor Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
  • Amaurobioides pallida Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
  • Amaurobioides picuna Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
  • Amaurobioides piscator Hogg, 1909 – New Zealand (Auckland Is., Campbell Is.)
  • Amaurobioides pleta Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
  • Amaurobioides pohara Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
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References

  1. "Gen. Amaurobioides O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1883". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  2. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1883). "On some new genera and species of spiders". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 51 (3): 352–365. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1883.tb06654.x.


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