Dresserus

Dresserus is a genus of African velvet spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1876.[2]

Dresserus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Eresidae
Genus: Dresserus
Simon, 1876[1]
Type species
D. fuscus
Simon, 1876
Species

24, see text

Species

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

  • Dresserus aethiopicus Simon, 1909 – Ethiopia
  • Dresserus angusticeps Purcell, 1904 – South Africa
  • Dresserus armatus Pocock, 1901 – Uganda
  • Dresserus bilineatus Tullgren, 1910 – East Africa
  • Dresserus collinus Pocock, 1900 – South Africa
  • Dresserus colsoni Tucker, 1920 – South Africa
  • Dresserus darlingi Pocock, 1900 – South Africa
  • Dresserus elongatus Tullgren, 1910 – East Africa
  • Dresserus fontensis Lawrence, 1928 – Namibia
  • Dresserus fuscus Simon, 1876 (type) – East Africa, Zanzibar
  • Dresserus kannemeyeri Tucker, 1920 – South Africa
  • Dresserus laticeps Purcell, 1904 – South Africa
  • Dresserus murinus Lawrence, 1927 – Namibia
  • Dresserus namaquensis Purcell, 1908 – South Africa
  • Dresserus nasivulvus Strand, 1907 – East Africa
  • Dresserus nigellus Tucker, 1920 – South Africa
  • Dresserus obscurus Pocock, 1898 – South Africa
  • Dresserus olivaceus Pocock, 1900 – South Africa
  • Dresserus rostratus Purcell, 1908 – Namibia
  • Dresserus schreineri Tucker, 1920 – South Africa
  • Dresserus schultzei Purcell, 1908 – Namibia
  • Dresserus sericatus Tucker, 1920 – South Africa
  • Dresserus subarmatus Tullgren, 1910 – East Africa, Botswana
  • Dresserus tripartitus Lawrence, 1938 – South Africa

References

  1. "Gen. Dresserus Simon, 1876". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  2. Simon, E. (1876). "Description d'araignées nouvelles". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 6 (5) 6(Bull.): 86–88.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.