''Heser'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
ground spiders
Ground spiders comprise Gnaphosidae, the seventh largest spider family with over 2,000 described species in over 100 genera distributed worldwide. There are 105 species known to central Europe, and common genera include ''Gnaphosa'', ''Drassodes' ...
that was first described by T. K. Tuneva in 2004.
Species
it contains eleven species, two from
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
:
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Heser aradensis''
(Levy, 1998) – Israel
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Heser bernardi''
(Marinaro, 1967) – Spain, Algeria
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Heser bonneti''
(Marinaro, 1967) – Algeria
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Heser hierosolymitanus''
(Levy, 1998) – Israel
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Heser hispanus''
Senglet, 2012 – Spain
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Heser infumatus''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge
Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider.
Life and work
Pickard-Cambridge was born in Blox ...
, 1872) – Tanzania, Egypt, Israel
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Heser malefactor
''Heser'' is a genus of Gnaphosidae, ground spiders that was first described by T. K. Tuneva in 2004.
Species
it contains eleven species, two from North America:
*''Heser aradensis'' (Levy, 1998) – Israel
*''Heser bernardi'' (Marinaro, 1967) ...
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Tuneva, 2004 (
type) – Kazakhstan
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Heser nilicola''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) – Mediterranean, Canary Is. Introduced to USA, Mexico
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Heser schmitzi''
( Kulczyński, 1899) – Spain, Madeira, Canary Is. Introduced to USA
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Heser stoevi''
Deltshev, 2016 – Turkmenistan
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Heser vijayanagara''
Bosselaers, 2010 – India
References
Gnaphosidae genera
Gnaphosidae
Spiders of Africa
Spiders of Asia
Spiders of North America
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