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Amaurobiidae  Thorell, 1869 / Amaurobius  C. L. Koch, 1837   40 species

Amaurobius candia Thaler & Knoflach, 2002

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037802

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Description

Prosoma and legs brownish yellow. Legs not annulated. Opisthosoma greyish, with distinct pattern of light spots

Body length male: 5.6-6.6 mm
Body length female: 5.6-8.2 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Greece (Crete)
Figures
species

male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Thaler & Knoflach 2002a)

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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Thaler & Knoflach 2002a)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Thaler & Knoflach 2002a)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Thaler & Knoflach 2002a)

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male Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Thaler & Knoflach 2002a)

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male Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Thaler & Knoflach 2002a)

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male Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Thaler & Knoflach 2002a)

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male Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Thaler & Knoflach 2002a)

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female Pedipalp, ventral view
(Thaler & Knoflach 2002a)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Thaler & Knoflach 2002a)

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female Epigyne, aboral view
(Thaler & Knoflach 2002a)

Distribution List
Greece / Crete   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) |||
References

Bosmans R, Chatzaki M (2005) A catalogue of the spiders of Greece – a critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische arachnologische Vereniging 20 (2, suppl.): 1-124 pdf

Thaler K, Knoflach B (2002a) A superspecies in the genus Amaurobius on Crete, and additional records from Greece (Araneae: Amaurobiidae). In Toft, S. & N. Scharff (eds.), European Arachnology 2000: Proceedings of the 19th European Colloquium of Arachnology. Aarhus Univ. Press, 337-344 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
04-06-2025 Distribution update Detail