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Checklist for Family Eresidae C. L. Koch, 1851 (Eresid spiders)
and region East Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
366
2225
7884
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
317
1901
6795
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
87
1118
4872
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
81
1099
4802
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
65
1020
4548
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
64
1015
4538
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Eresoidea
Koch, 1851
3
13
62
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEresidae
C. L. Koch, 1851
Eresid spiders, Lady bird spider, Velvet spiders
4
21
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for East Africa
4 Genera with 21 Species
Dresserus Simon, 19109SpeciesTaxom
Gandanameno Lehtinen, 19002SpeciesTaxom
Paradonea Lawrence, 20122SpeciesTaxom
Stegodyphus Simon, 19048SpeciesTaxom


Species list for East Africa
21 Species
Dresserus aethiopicus Eugène Simon, 1909
Dresserus armatus Mary Agard P..., 1901Pharaoh ant
Dresserus bilineatus Albert Tullgren, 1910
Dresserus darlingi Mary Agard P..., 1900Shyleaf
Dresserus elongatus Albert Tullgren, 1910
Dresserus fuscus Eugène Simon, 1876
Dresserus kannemeyeri Shirley Cott..., 1920Ground velvet spider
Dresserus nasivulvus Strand, 1907Carpenter bees
Dresserus subarmatus Albert Tullgren, 1910
Gandanameno inornata Mary Agard P..., 1898
Gandanameno spenceri Mary Agard P..., 1900
Paradonea parva Shirley Cott..., 1920
Paradonea presleyi Miller & al., 2012
Stegodyphus africanus John Blackwall, 1866
Stegodyphus dumicola Mary Agard P..., 1898African social spider
Stegodyphus hildebrandti (Ferdinand Ka..., 1878)⇒ Stegodyphus mimosarum Pavesi, 1883
Stegodyphus lineifrons Mary Agard P..., 1898
Stegodyphus mimosarum Pavesi, 1883Communit nest Spider
Stegodyphus sabulosus Albert Tullgren, 1910
Stegodyphus simplicifrons Eugène Simon, 1906
Stegodyphus tentoriicola William Fred..., 1904

Subnodes of Eresidae with occurrences in East Africa
SubfamilyEresinae
C. L. Koch, 1851
4
21
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Eresidae at artfakta.se
Eresidae at dyntaxa.se
Eresidae at gbif.org
Eresidae at irmng.org
Eresidae at itis.gov