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

Amaurobius deelemanae Thaler & Knoflach, 1995

Description
Male

Prosoma and legs brownish, tibiae with faint annulations. Prosoma length: 3.7 mm. Opisthosoma with grey spots.

Body length male: 5.2-6.8 mm
Female

Prosoma length: 4.2 mm.

Body length female: 6.0-9.6 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Crete), Turkey
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Bulgaria   (Blagoev et al., 2018) ||| Greece   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) ||| Greece / Crete   (Bosmans et al., 2013) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2026a) |||
References

Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018) pdf

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

Bosmans R, Gavalas I (2023) The spiders (Araneae) of the tiny Greek island Iraklia (Kiklades), with the descriptions of 5 new Harpactea species (Araneae: Dysderidae), 3 species new to Europe and 8 new to Greece. Parnassiana Archives 11 (Suppl. 1): 1-91 pdf

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147 pdf

Danışman T, Coşar İ, Kunt K B, Yağmur E A (2026a) A new species of Amaurobius (Araneae, Amaurobiidae) from the central Anatolian region of Turkey, with the redescription of Amaurobius ausobskyi Thaler & Knoflach. Journal of Natural History 60: 365-379 pdf

Thaler K, Knoflach B (1995a) Über Vorkommen und Verbreitung von Amaurobius-Arten in Peloponnes und Ägäis (Araneida: Amaurobiidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 102: 41-60 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
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