Subspecies
Three
subspecies were previously recognized for a long time, but these were all synonymized by Breitling et al. 2015: these taxa are not subspecies but only individual color variants of a single polymorphic species.
Original
description
Synonyms Drassus atropos Walckenaer, 1830 (1825???)
Coelotes atropos
(Walckenaer, 1830)
Coelotes atropos atropos
(Walckenaer, 1830)
Amaurobius
atropos (Walckenaer, 1830)
Drassus trucidator
Walckenaer, 1830
Amaurobius
trucidator (Walckenaer, 1830)
Clubiona saxatilis
Blackwall, 1833 (p. 436) (nec L. Koch, 1867)
Cavator
saxatilis (Blackwall, 1833)
Coelotes
saxatilis (Blackwall, 1833)
Amaurobius
saxatilis (Blackwall, 1833)
Coelotes atropos anomalus Hull, 1955
Coelotes atropos silvestris Hull, 1955
Clubiona tigrina
Walckenaer, 1841 (p. 483) (nec C. L. Koch,
1837) (misidentification)
Coelotes solitarius L. Koch, 1868 (partim)
Note: Clubiona saxatilis Blackwall, 1833 is a
primary senior homonym of Clubiona saxatilis
L. Koch, 1867 (see Clubiona
dvoraki)
The status of the taxon Coelotes simoni has been discussed by Breitling et al. 2015. They concluded that it is a synonym of the present species.
Identification
Distribution
Biology
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