Eresus
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| male E. kollari | |
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| Genus: | Eresus Walckenaer, 1805
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| c. 20 species | |
Eresus is a genus of velvet spiders comprising several species. Members of the genus formerly called Eresus cinnaberinus or Eresus niger are now placed in one of three species: Eresus kollari, Eresus sandaliatus and Eresus moravicus.[1] All have been called "ladybird spiders".
Species
- Eresus albopictus Simon, 1873 — Morocco, Algeria
- Eresus algericus El-Hennawy, 2004 — Algeria
- Eresus crassitibialis Wunderlich, 1987 — Canary Islands
- Eresus granosus Simon, 1895 — Russia, China
- Eresus hermani Kovács et al. 2015 — Hungary
- Eresus jerbae El-Hennawy, 2005 — Algeria, Tunisia
- Eresus kollari Rossi, 1846 — Europe to Central Asia
- Eresus lavrosiae Mcheidze, 1997 — Georgia
- Eresus moravicus Řezáč, 2008 — Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia
- Eresus pharaonis Walckenaer, 1837 — Egypt
- Eresus robustus Franganillo, 1918 — Spain
- Eresus rotundiceps Simon, 1873 — Ukraine, Turkmenistan
- Eresus ruficapillus C. L. Koch, 1846 — Sicily, Croatia
- Eresus sandaliatus (Martini & Goeze, 1778) — northern Europe
- Eresus sedilloti Simon, 1881 — Portugal, Spain
- Eresus semicanus Simon, 1908 — Egypt
- Eresus solitarius Simon, 1873 — Mediterranean
- Eresus walckenaeri Brullé, 1832 — Mediterranean
- Eresus walckenaeri moerens C. L. Koch, 1846 — Afghanistan
References
- ^ Řezáč, M.; Pekár, S.; Johannesen, J. (2008). "Taxonomic review and phylogenetic analysis of central European Eresus species (Araneae: Eresidae)". Zoologica Scripta. 37: 263–287. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00328.x.
- Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.
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