Amaurobius pelops Thaler & Knoflach, 1991
Description
Male
Prosoma and legs yellow brownish. Prosoma length: 2.3 mm. Opisthosoma greyish, with indistinct dorsal pattern: about 5 pairs of light spots, sometimes fused in median part, anteriorly bordered by a indistinct cardiac mark.
Body length male: 5.3-6.2 mmFemale
Colouration as in males. Prosoma length: 2.6-2.7 mm.
Body length female: 5.4-6.4 mmAdditional information
In fir forest with Juniperus.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Bulbus, ventral view
(Thaler & Knoflach 1991)
Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Thaler & Knoflach 1991)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Thaler & Knoflach 1998d)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Thaler & Knoflach 1991)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Thaler & Knoflach 1991)
Epigyne/vulva, ventral view
(Thaler & Knoflach 1991)
Epigyne/vulva, aboral view
(Thaler & Knoflach 1991)
Distribution List
"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.
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 
Thaler K, Knoflach B (1991) Eine neue Amaurobius-Art aus Griechenland (Arachnida: Araneae, Amaurobiidae). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 64: 265-268
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
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 18-05-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 09-12-2015 | Image insert |