Amaurobius ruffoi Thaler, 1990
Description
Male
Prosoma yellowish brown, with faint striae. Prosoma length: 2.8 mm. Opisthosoma: light grey-yellow, dorsally with square, black spot in anterior part, which continues in a dark longitudinal stripe posteriorly. Chelicerae red-brown to dark brown. Sternum yellow-brown. Legs yellowish, with fain annulations on tibiae and ventral side of femora. Tibial apophysis with broad lateral process, median process short and broad.
Body length male: 5.4-7.0 mmFemale
Prosoma length: 3.2 mm. Colouration as in males. Epigyne with lateral parts, reaching beyond median part posteriorly.
Body length female: 6.0-8.6 mmAdditional information
in litter layer of mixed beech forests, only in Vincentine Alps, 800-1700 m
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Thaler 1990b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Pesarini 1991)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Pesarini 1991)
Tibial apophysis
(Thaler 1990b)
Tibial apophysis
(Thaler 1990b)
Epigyne/vulva, ventral view
(Thaler 1990b)
Epigyne/vulva, dorsal view
(Thaler 1990b)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Pesarini 1991)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Pesarini 1991)
Distribution List
References
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). http://araneae.it. Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152 
Pesarini C (1991) The Amaurobiidae of Northern Italy (Araneae). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 131: 261-276
Thaler K (1990b) Amaurobius ruffoi n.sp., eine weitere Reliktart der Südalpen ? mit Bemerkungen über die Amaurobiidae der Alpen (Arachnida: Aranei). Zoologischer Anzeiger 225: 241-252
WSC (2021) World Spider Catalog. Version 21.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (03.01.2021) doi: 10.24436/2