Eresus

Eresus, also called ladybird spiders,^[2] is a genus of velvet spiders that was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1805.^[3] 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.^[2]

Species[]

As of May 2019 it contains twenty-one species:^[1]

Simon, 1873 – Morocco, Algeria
Ermolajev, 1937 – Russia (South Siberia)
Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Is.
Simon, 1895 – Russia (West Siberia), China
Kovács, Prazsák, Eichardt, Vári & Gyurkovics, 2015 – Hungary
Eresus kollari Rossi, 1846 – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, Central Asia
- Eresus k. frontalis Latreille, 1819 – Spain
- Eresus k. ignicomis Simon, 1914 – France (Corsica)
- Eresus k. latefasciatus Simon, 1911 – Algeria
- Eresus k. tricolor Simon, 1873 – France (Corsica)
Eresus lavrosiae Mcheidze, 1997 – Georgia
Eresus moravicus Řezáč, 2008 – Austria, Hungary, Czech Rep., Slovakia, Albania
Walckenaer, 1837 – Egypt
Eresus robustus Franganillo, 1918 – Spain
Eresus rotundiceps Simon, 1873 – Ukraine, Turkmenistan
Eresus ruficapillus C. L. Koch, 1846 – Italy (Sicily)
Eresus sandaliatus (Martini & Goeze, 1778) – Europe
Eresus sedilloti Simon, 1881 – Portugal, Spain
Eresus solitarius Simon, 1873 – Mediterranean
Eresus walckenaeri Brullé, 1832 – Mediterranean
- Eresus w. moerens C. L. Koch, 1846 – Afghanistan

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Gen. Eresus Walckenaer, 1805". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Řezáč, M.; Pekár, S.; Johannesen, J. (2008). "Taxonomic review and phylogenetic analysis of central European Eresus species (Araneae: Eresidae)". Zoologica Scripta. 37 (3): 263–287. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00328.x. S2CID 85578392.
^ Walckenaer, C. A. (1805). Tableau des aranéides ou caractères essentiels des tribus, genres, familles et races que renferme le genre Aranea de Linné, avec la désignation des espèces comprises dans chacune de ces divisions.

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