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

Amaurobius longipes Thaler & Knoflach, 1995

Description
Male

Prosoma yellow brownish, cephalic part brown blackish. Prosoma length: 4.1-4.6 mm. Chelicerae brown blackish. Legs yellow brownish, anterior legs conspicuously elongated. Opisthosoma uniformly grey.

Body length male: 8-10 mm
Female

Colouration as in males. Prosoma length: 3.3-5.4 mm.

Body length female: 7.5-12.5 mm
Additional information

In fir forest, 1000-1200 m a.s.l.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Greece
Phenology
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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.

Greece   (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 (1995a) Über Vorkommen und Verbreitung von Amaurobius-Arten in Peloponnes und Ägäis (Araneida: Amaurobiidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 102: 41-60 pdf

Thaler K, Knoflach B (1998d) Two new species and new records of the genus Amaurobius (Araneae, Amaurobiidae) from Greece. In Selden, P. A. (ed.), Proceedings of the 17th European Colloquium of Arachnology, Edinburgh 1997. Edinburgh, pp. 107-114 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
16-06-2025 Distribution update Detail
08-12-2015 Image insert