Amaurobius

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

==Species== 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