Amaurobioides
| Amaurobioides | |
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| A. africana, adult female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Anyphaenidae |
| Genus: | Amaurobioides O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1883[1] |
| Type species | |
| A. maritima O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1883
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| Species | |
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12, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Amaurobioides is a genus of anyphaenid sac spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1883.[2]
Species[edit]
As of April 2019[update] it contains twelve species:[1]
- Amaurobioides africana Hewitt, 1917 – Namibia, South Africa
- Amaurobioides chilensis (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile
- Amaurobioides isolata Hirst, 1993 – Australia (South Australia)
- Amaurobioides litoralis Hickman, 1949 – Australia (Tasmania)
- Amaurobioides major Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
- Amaurobioides maritima O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1883 – New Zealand
- Amaurobioides minor Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
- Amaurobioides pallida Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
- Amaurobioides picuna Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
- Amaurobioides piscator Hogg, 1909 – New Zealand (Auckland Is., Campbell Is.)
- Amaurobioides pleta Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
- Amaurobioides pohara Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Gen. Amaurobioides O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1883". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
- ^ Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1883). "On some new genera and species of spiders". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 51 (3): 352–365. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1883.tb06654.x.