Amaurobius jugorum L. Koch, 1868

Marusik, Yuri M., Otto, S. & Japoshvili, G., 2020, Taxonomic notes on Amaurobius (Araneae: Amaurobiidae), including the description of a new species, Zootaxa 4718 (1), pp. 47-56 : 54

Amaurobius jugorum L. Koch, 1868

A. j.: Pesarini 1991a: 272, f. 11a–b, 15a–b, 16a–b (♂ ♀).

Amaurobius koponeni Marusik, Ballarin & Omelko, 2012: 58 , f. 1–8 (♂). Syn. n.

Comments. Amaurobius koponeni was described based on the holotype male from Uttar Pradesh, India. It seems that specimen was either mislabeled or brought by chance from Italy to India. Judging from the shape of the male palp and size it is conspecific with A. jugorum and therefore the two names are synonymized here.

Amaurobius thoracicus Mello-Leitão, 1945

Amaurobius thoracicus Mello-Leitão, 1945: 232 (j).

Comments. This species was described based on a juvenile from Argentina and lacking any figures. Givven that there are no proven records of Amaurobius outside the Holarctic, this species is almost certainly misplaced in the genus and may belong to one of the few amaurobiid genera occurring in the Neotropical region. Lehtinen (1967: 212) supposed it belonged to Titanoecidae , a family represented by two species belonging to one genus, Goeldia , G. luteipes (Keyserling, 1891) and G. patellaris ( Simon, 1892) . Amaurobiidae are not reported so far from Argentina (WSC 2019). According to Lehtinen, the type is deposited in the Museo de La Plata.