''Dresserus'' is a

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n velvet spiders that was first described by

Eugène Simon Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4, ...

in 1876.

Species

it contains twenty-four species: *'' Dresserus aethiopicus'' Simon, 1909 – Ethiopia *'' Dresserus angusticeps''

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, 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''

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, 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

Araneomorphae genera Eresidae Taxa named by Eugène Simon {{Araneomorphae-stub