''Amaurobius strandi'' is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

spider Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species ...

in the family Amaurobiidae, found in

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and

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. It was first described in 1937 by

Dmitry Kharitonov Dmitry Evstratievich Kharitonov (; 1896-1970), also spelt Charitonov, was the first native Russian arachnologist. In 1916 he founded the arachnological school of Perm State University, the oldest arachnology research group in Russia. The culminat ...

, as '' A. pallidus strandi'', and elevated to a full species by Kovblyuk in 2002.

References

strandi Spiders of Europe Spiders described in 1937 Taxa named by Dmitry Kharitonov {{Amaurobiidae-stub