Eresus

For the village on the island of Lesbos, see Eresos.

Eresus
male E. kollari
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Eresidae
Genus:	Eresus Walckenaer, 1805
Species
See text.
Diversity
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. 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 kollari bifasciatus Ermolajev, 1937 — Russia
  • Eresus kollari frontalis Latreille, 1819 — Spain
  • Eresus kollari ignicomus Simon, 1914 — Corsica
  • Eresus kollari latefasciatus Simon, 1910 — Algeria
  • Eresus kollari tricolor Simon, 1873 — Corsica
• Eresus lavrosiae Mcheidze, 1997 — Georgia
• Eresus moravicus Rezác, 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

• Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.