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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
747
8122
69000
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
612
6890
62159
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
157
3420
31561
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
137
3312
31108
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
98
3020
29096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
93
2988
28900
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Eresoidea
Koch, 1851
3
36
277
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEresidae
C. L. Koch, 1851
Eresid spiders, Lady bird spider, Velvet spiders
9
61
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Eurasia
9 Genera with 61 Species
Adonea Simon, 18733SpeciesTaxom
Dorceus Koch, 19082SpeciesTaxom
Dresserus Simon, 1876
0SpeciesTaxom
Eresus Walckenaer, 202247SpeciesTaxom
Gandanameno Lehtinen, 1967
0SpeciesTaxom
Loureedia Miller & al., 20203SpeciesTaxom
Penestomus Simon, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Seothyra Purcell, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Stegodyphus Simon, 186913SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Eurasia
61 Species and 9 Subspecies
Adonea algarvensis Wunderlich, 2017
Adonea algerica El-Hennawy, 2004
Adonea fimbriata Eugène Simon, 1873
Dorceus fastuosus Carl Ludwig ..., 1846Carpenter Bees
Dorceus quadrispilotus Eugène Simon, 1908
Eresus adaleari Zamani & Szűts, 2020
Eresus agrinus Zamani & Szűts, 2025
Eresus albopictus Simon, 1873
Eresus athanatoi Zamani & Szűts, 2025
Eresus bifasciatus Ermolajev, 1937
Eresus cinnaberinus (Olivier, 1789)⇒ Eresus sandaliatus Martini & Goeze, 1778
Eresus crassitibialis Jörg Wunderl..., 1987
Eresus da Lin & Li, 2022
Eresus fulvus (Olivier, 1789)⇒ Eresus rotundiceps Eugène Simon, 1873
Eresus granosus Eugène Simon, 1895
Eresus hermani Kovács & al., 2015
Eresus illustris C.L. Koch, 1837
Eresus kollari (Rossi, 1846)⇒ Eresus hermani Kovács & al., 2015
Eresus kollari bifasciatus Ermolajev, 1937
Eresus kollari frontalis Latreille, 1819
Eresus kollari ignicomis (Simon, 1914)⇒ Eresus kollari ignicomus Simon, 1914
Eresus kollari ignicomus Simon, 1914
Eresus kollari kollari Rossi, 1846
Eresus kollari tricolor Simon, 1873
Eresus lavrosiae Mcheidze, 1997
Eresus lavrosii Mcheidze, 1997
Eresus lishizheni Lin, Marusik..., 2021
Eresus marmoratus Zamani & Szűts, 2025
Eresus moravicus Rezác, 2008
Eresus niger (Olivier, 1789)⇒ Eresus sandaliatus Martini & Goeze, 1778
Eresus niger frontalis (Latreille, 1819)⇒ Eresus kollari frontalis Latreille, 1819
Eresus pharaonis Charles Atha..., 1837Milkweed
Eresus rezaci Zamani & Szűts, 2025
Eresus robin Zamani & Szűts, 2025
Eresus robustus Pelegrin Fra..., 1918
Eresus rotundiceps Eugène Simon, 1873
Eresus ruficapillus (Carl Ludwig ..., 1846)⇒ Eresus kollari ignicomus Simon, 1914
Eresus sandaliatus Martini & Goeze, 1778Ladybird Spider
Eresus sedilloti Simon, 1881
Eresus semicanus (Eugène Simon, 1908)⇒ Loureedia annulipes Hippolyte Lucas, 1856
Eresus semicinctus (C. L. Koch, 1846)⇒ Stegodyphus dufouri Jean Victor ..., 1826
Eresus solitarius Eugène Simon, 1873
Eresus sparabara Zamani & Szűts, 2025
Eresus surena Zamani & Szűts, 2025
Eresus transcaucasicus Zamani, Sero..., 2025
Eresus tristis Kroneberg, 1875
Eresus urus Al-Yacoub & ..., 2025
Eresus walckenaeri Brullé, 1832Carpenter Bees
Eresus walckenaeri moerens C. L. Koch, 1846
Eresus walckenaeri walckenaeri Brullé, 1832
Eresus walckenaerius
Eresus yukuni Lin & Li, 2022
Loureedia annulipes Hippolyte Lucas, 1856
Loureedia colleni Henriques, M..., 2018
Loureedia phoenixi Zamani & Mar..., 2020
Penestomus planus Simon, 1902
Seothyra perelegans Eugène Simon, 1906
Stegodyphus africanus John Blackwall, 1866
Stegodyphus bicolor Octavius Pic..., 1869
Stegodyphus dufouri Jean Victor ..., 1826
Stegodyphus dumicola Mary Agard P..., 1898African social spider
Stegodyphus hisarensis Arora & Monga, 1992
Stegodyphus lineatus Latreille, 1817
Stegodyphus mirandus Mary Agard P..., 1899
Stegodyphus nathistmus Otto Kraus &..., 1989
Stegodyphus pacificus Mary Agard P..., 1900Shyleaf
Stegodyphus sabulosus Albert Tullgren, 1910
Stegodyphus sarasinorum Ferdinand Ka..., 1891
Stegodyphus semadohensis Shivaji, 2013
Stegodyphus tibialis Octavius Pic..., 1869

Subnodes of Eresidae with occurrences in Eurasia
SubfamilyEresinae
C. L. Koch, 1851
7
57
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPenestominae
C. L. Koch, 1851
1
1
Genus
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