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Amaurobius leechi Brignoli, 1983

	FAMILY: AMAUROBIIDAE Thorell, 1870     Genus: Amaurobius C. L. Koch, 1837         Species: Amaurobius leechi Brignoli, 1983
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General Comments: Source description as Amaurobius pilosus.

Family Common Name:  hackledmesh weavers
Genus Common Name:  none
Species Common Name:  none

Global Distribution: USA
Nearctic States & Provinces: CA

Seasonality Specimen Search Specimen list 0, 1

Feeding Guild:^† sheet web builders
^†Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280. PDF
Habitat (published): (not yet published or unknown)
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)

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Description: Unknown

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Description: Carapace orange-yellow and darkened anteriorly. Legs and palpi darkened disally, and the femora of legs same colour as thoracic region of carapace. Chelicerae light brown. Opisthosoma grey and streaked laterally. Dorsum with indistinct anterior marks and indistinct posterior chevrons.

Female Dimensions: A = 2.6 mm  A+B = 6 mm  C = 1.65 mm

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Descriptions Source:
Leech, R. E. 1972. A revision of the Nearctic Amaurobiidae (Arachnida: Araneida). Mem. ent. Soc. Can. 84: 1-182.

Amaurobius pilosus Leech 1972 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2081840

Amaurobius leechi Brignoli 1983 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2081841

Brignoli, P. M. 1983. A catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981. Manchester Univ. Press, 755 pp.

Leech, R. E. 1972. A revision of the Nearctic Amaurobiidae (Arachnida: Araneida). Mem. ent. Soc. Can. 84: 1-182.

^‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog

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