Eresus
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Eresus, also called ladybird spiders, is a genus of velvet spiders (family Eresidae) that was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1805. 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. A new species Eresus urus (named after the ancient Mesopotamian city of Ur), was discovered in southern Iraq in March 2025.
Eresus, also called ladybird spiders, is a genus of velvet spiders (family Eresidae) that was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1805. 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. A new species Eresus urus (named after the ancient Mesopotamian city of Ur), was discovered in southern Iraq in March 2025.
Species
it contains twenty-three species and five subspecies: Eresus adaleari Zamani & Szűts, 2020 - Iran Eresus albopictus Simon, 1873 – Morocco, Algeria Eresus bifasciatus Ermolajev, 1937 – Russia (South Siberia) Eresus crassitibialis Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Is. Eresus da Lin & Li, 2022 – China Eresus elhennawyi Řezáč, Vaněk & Střeštík, 2023 – Morocco, Algeria Eresus granosus Simon, 1895 – Russia (West Siberia), China Eresus hermani Kovács, Prazsák, Eichardt, Vári & Gyurkovics, 2015 – Hungary, Slovakia 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 lishizheni 2021 - China Eresus moravicus Řezáč, 2008 – Austria, Hungary, Czech Rep., Slovakia, Albania Eresus pharaonis Walckenaer, 1837 – Egypt Eresus robustus Franganillo, 1918 – Spain Eresus rotundiceps Simon, 1873 – Ukraine, Turkmenistan Eresus rubrocephalus - Morocco 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 tristis Kroneberg, 1875 - Kazakhstan Eresus urus Al-Yacoub & Zamani, 2025 – Iraq Eresus walckenaeri Brullé, 1832 – Mediterranean Eresus w. moerens C. L. Koch, 1846 – Afghanistan Eresus yukuni Lin & Li, 2022 – China
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