Amaurobius similis (Blackwall, 1861)
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FAMILY: AMAUROBIIDAE Thorell, 1870 Genus: Amaurobius C. L. Koch, 1837 Species: Amaurobius similis (Blackwall, 1861)  |
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General Comments: This is a common European species.
Common Names
Family Common Name:
hackledmesh weavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Point Collections & Seasonality
Global Distribution: Holarctic
Natural History & Image(s)
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)
Habitat (<30 randomly chosen specimens): Garden; Under sycamore bark;
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Image(s) of Habitus:
Details About Males
Description: Carapace orange and darkened in cephalic region. Legs are slightly paler than carapace. Palpal tibiae and cymbium slightly darker than legs. Chelicerae orange-brown and slightly darker than cephalic region of carapace. Opisthosoma with dark grey and yellow streaks and dorsal region with three pale stripes toward anterior region and irregular or indistinct chevrons toward posterior region.
Male Dimensions:
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Details About Females
Description: Carapace light orange and darkened in cephalic region to brown-orange. Legs have pale annulations and as a whole, are paler than carapace. Legs I are darker toward distal end as are palpi. Chelicerae are chestnut brown. Otherwise similar to males.
Female Dimensions:
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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.
Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Taxonomic References‡ 
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Koch, L. 1868. Die Arachnidengattungen Amaurobius, Coelotes and Cybaeus. Abh. naturh. Ges. Nürnberg 4: 1-52.
Leech, R. E. 1972. A revision of the Nearctic Amaurobiidae (Arachnida: Araneida). Mem. ent. Soc. Can. 84: 1-182.
Leech, R. E. 1971. The introduced Amaurobiidae of North America, and Callobius hokkaido n. sp. from Japan (Arachnida: Araneida). Can. Ent. 103: 23-32.
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Simon, E. 1914. Les arachnides de France. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae; 1re partie. Paris, 6: 1-308.
Smith, F. P. 1908. Some British spiders taken in 1908. Jour. Queck. Micr. Cl. (2) 10: 311-334.
Tyschchenko, V. P. 1971. Opredelitel' paukov evropejskoj casti SSSR. Leningrad, pp. 1-281.
Wiehle, H. 1953. Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea (Araneae) IX: Orthognatha-Cribellatae-Haplogynae-Entelegynae (Pholcidae, Zodariidae, Oxyopidae, Mimetidae, Nesticidae). Tierwelt Deutschlands 42: i-viii, 1-150.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
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Page Reference
Shorthouse, David P. submitted. Taxonomic and natural history description of FAM: AMAUROBIIDAE, Amaurobius similis (Blackwall, 1861). In: The Nearctic Spider Database. David P. Shorthouse (editor). World Wide Web electronic publication. Direct link: http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/22639 (Accessed: 2/9/2010 10:38:40 AM).
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