Amaurobius pallidus L. Koch, 1868
Description
Tibial apophysis with distally broadly rounded retrolateral process. Epigyne without groove. Prosoma yellow-brown, head region distinctly darker. Sternum yellow-brown. Chelicerae black-brown. Legs light brown, with indistinct dark annulations. Opisthosoma grey-yellow, dorsally a longish, dark spot in anterior part, pointed posteriorly, broken into small chevrons in posterior half.
Body length male: 8-10 mmBody length female: 8-12.5 mm
Additional information
Under stones and in brickwork.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Thaler & Knoflach 1993)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Gündüz & Kaya 2023)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Gündüz & Kaya 2023)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Gündüz & Kaya 2023)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Gündüz & Kaya 2023)
Tibial apophysis
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Epigyne
(Loksa 1969)
Epigyne
(Gündüz & Kaya 2023)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1953)
Vulva
(Loksa 1969)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Gündüz & Kaya 2023)
Vulva, ventral view
(Gündüz & Kaya 2023)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Loksa 1969)
Distribution List
"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.
References
Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018) 
Blick T, Finch O-D, Harms K H, Kiechle J, Kielhorn K-H , Kreuels M, Malten A, Martin D, Muster C, Nährig D, Platen R, Rödel I, Scheidler M, Staudt A, Stumpf H, Tolke D (2016) Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae) Deutschlands. 3. Fassung, Stand April 2008, einzelne Änderungen und Nachträge bis August 2015. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 70/4: 383-510
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147
Gündüz G, Kaya R S (2023) Contributions to the spider (Araneae) fauna of Türkiye. Commagene Journal of Biology 7: 159-163
Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin
Komnenov M (2014) Spider fauna of the Osogovo Mt. Range, Northeastern Macedonia. Fauna Balkana 2: 1-267
Loksa I (1969) Pokok I-Araneae I. Fauna Hungariae 97: 1-133
Milosevic B (2002) Aranea – Popis vrsta – Checklist. Hrvatsko entomološko društvo – Inventar entomofaune Hrvatske [Aranea – List of species – Checklist. Croatian Entomological Society – Inventory of Croatian entomofauna].
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152
Samu F, Szinetár C (1999) Bibliographic check list of the Hungarian spider fauna. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 161-184
Thaler K, Knoflach B (1993) Two new Amaurobius species (Araneae: Amaurobiidae) from Greece. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 9: 132-136
Vasiliev A I, Mikhailov K G (2023) Annotated checklist of spiders (Araneae) of the Republic of Moldova. Invertebrate Zoology 20: 307-342
Wiehle H (1953) Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea (Araneae), IX. Orthognatha-Cribellata-Haplogynae, Entelegynae (Pholcidae, Zodariidae, Oxyopidae, Mimetidae, Nesticidae). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 42: 1-150
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