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Amaurobiidae  Thorell, 1869 / Amaurobius  C. L. Koch, 1837   38 species

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 mm
Female

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 mm
Additional information

in litter layer of mixed beech forests, only in Vincentine Alps, 800-1700 m

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Italy
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"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.

Italy   (Pantini & Isaia, 2019) |||
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). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152 pdf

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 pdf

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 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf