Biology:Amaurobioides

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Amaurobioides
Amaurobioides africana 1.jpg
A. africana, adult female
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Anyphaenidae
Genus: Amaurobioides
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1883[1]
Type species
A. maritima
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1883
Species

12, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Cluilius

Amaurobioides is a genus of anyphaenid sac spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1883.[2]

Species

(As of April 2019) it contains twelve species:[1]

  • Amaurobioides africana Hewitt, 1917 – Namibia, South Africa
  • Amaurobioides chilensis (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile
  • Amaurobioides isolata Hirst, 1993 – Australia (South Australia)
  • Amaurobioides litoralis Hickman, 1949 – Australia (Tasmania)
  • Amaurobioides major Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
  • Amaurobioides maritima O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1883 – New Zealand
  • Amaurobioides minor Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
  • Amaurobioides pallida Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
  • Amaurobioides picuna Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
  • Amaurobioides piscator Hogg, 1909 – New Zealand (Auckland Is., Campbell Is.)
  • Amaurobioides pleta Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
  • Amaurobioides pohara Forster, 1970 – New Zealand

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gen. Amaurobioides O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1883". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/204. Retrieved 2019-05-09. 
  2. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1883). "On some new genera and species of spiders.". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 51 (3): 352–365. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1883.tb06654.x. https://zenodo.org/record/2098448. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2841377 entry