A new species of Amaurobius (Araneae, Amaurobiidae) from the central Anatolian region of Turkey, with the redescription of Amaurobius ausobskyi Thaler & Knoflach
ABSTRACT
A new Amaurobius species, A. turkiyensis sp. n. (male) is described from the Konya Province of Turkey. In addition to this new species, a new population of Amaurobius ausobskyi Thaler & Knoflach, 1998, previously described from Greece, was discovered in Aydın and Denizli provinces and its unknown male was described for the first time. Furthermore, A. ausobskyi Thaler & Knoflach, A. deelemanae Thaler & Knoflach, and A. obustus L. Koch, were reported as new species for the spider fauna of Turkey.
Danışman, T., Coşar, İ., Kunt, K. B., & Yağmur, E. A. (2026). A new species of Amaurobius (Araneae, Amaurobiidae) from the central Anatolian region of Turkey, with the redescription of Amaurobius ausobskyi Thaler & Knoflach. Journal of Natural History, 60(5–8), 365–379. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2599914