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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Hacklemesh Weavers (Amaurobiidae) » Amaurobius » Amaurobius ferox

Species Amaurobius ferox

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Amaurobiidae (Hacklemesh Weavers)
Genus Amaurobius
Species ferox (Amaurobius ferox)
Other Common Names
Hacklemesh Weaver, Black Lace Weaver
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Explanation of Names
Author of species name: Charles Walckenaer. First year published: 1830, as Clubiona ferox.
Identification
Palp

Epigynum
Range
Nova Scotia west to Ontario and Michigan, southwest to Illinois and east to Virginia. (1)
Mostly established in southeastern Canada and the eastern USA so far. However, there are records in WA (King County) and CO as well.
Habitat
A synanthropic species; found associated with humans and man-made structures.
Remarks
This species is native to Europe; its first Nearctic record was from Providence, Rhode Island, November 8, 1871.(1)
Internet References
The Spiders of Belgium and France website has nice habitus pictures as well as pictures of the epigynum and palp.
Works Cited
1.A revision of the Nearctic Amaurobiidae (Arachnida: Araneidae)
Robin Leech. 1972. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 84: 1-82.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 12 September, 2004 - 5:11pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, Jeff Hollenbeck, cheins, Chuck Entz, Mandy Howe, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 4 January, 2023 - 7:12pm

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