Amaurobiidae  Thorell, 1869 / Amaurobius  C. L. Koch, 1837   38 species

Amaurobius pelops  Thaler & Knoflach, 1991

Description
Male

Prosoma and legs yellow brownish. Prosoma length: 2.3 mm. Opisthosoma greyish, with indistinct dorsal pattern: about 5 pairs of light spots, sometimes fused in median part, anteriorly bordered by a indistinct cardiac mark.

Body length male: 5.3-6.2 mm
Female

Colouration as in males. Prosoma length: 2.6-2.7 mm.

Body length female: 5.4-6.4 mm
Additional information

In fir forest with Juniperus.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Greece
Phenology
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"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.

Greece   (no references) |||
References

Thaler K, Knoflach B (1991) Eine neue Amaurobius-Art aus Griechenland (Arachnida: Araneae, Amaurobiidae). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 64: 265-268 pdf

Thaler K, Knoflach B (1998d) Two new species and new records of the genus Amaurobius (Araneae, Amaurobiidae) from Greece. In Selden, P. A. (ed.), Proceedings of the 17th European Colloquium of Arachnology, Edinburgh 1997. Edinburgh, pp. 107-114 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (31.10.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
09-12-2015 Image insert