Callobius claustrarius is a species of spider in the family Amaurobiidae. Males of the species reach 8 mm, females about 11 mm. Head and legs are reddish brown, the abdomen is dark grey with an extended brown surface, dotted with lighter brown specks.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Amaurobiidae |
| Genus: | Callobius |
| Species: | C. claustrarius
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| Binomial name | |
| Callobius claustrarius (Hahn, 1833)
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Clubiona claustrarius | |
Adults can be found from autumn to spring.
This is a palearctic species. In Europe, it is found in mountainous regions, especially in old, moist forests under rocks. C. claustrarius is a rather rare species.
The subspecies C. claustrarius balcanicus (Drensky, 1940) is only found in Bulgaria.[1]
Footnotes
edit- ^ Platnick 2008
References
edit- Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History.