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Eresidae
Velvet spiders (family Eresidae) are a small group (about 100 species in 9 genera) of spiders almost entirely limited to the Old World, with the exception of one species known from Brazil. In Europe, some are commonly called the ladybird spiders. Description This family can sometimes be confused with the jumping spiders, or those in the Palpimanidae family. These spiders are usually black or brown in colour, though they can also have brighter colours as pictured. As their common name implies they can look quite smooth and velvety. They usually live in silken tubes under objects, or underground, but the genus '' Stegodyphus'' builds silken nests. Identification They can be distinguished from most species except the Penestomidae by their semi-rectangular carapace and clypeal hood. They can be distinguished from Penestomidae by the eye arrangement, straight anterior eye row and strongly recurved posterior eye row, with the median eyes close together. Social behavior Som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stegodyphus Sarasinorum
''Stegodyphus sarasinorum'', also known as the Indian cooperative spider, is a species of velvet spider of the family Eresidae. It is native to India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Myanmar. This spider is a social spider that exhibits communal predation and feeding, where individuals live in large cooperatively built colonies with a nest or retreat constructed of silk woven using leaves, twigs, and food carcasses, and a sheet web for prey capture. Individual ''S. sarasinorum'' spiders that have attacked prey once are more likely to attack prey again, independent of their body size or hunger level. ''Stegodyphus'' is the only genus of the family Eresidae that is arboreal, not terrestrial. Description ''Stegodyphus sarasinorum'', like most Eresids, are short, stout spiders lined with several fine hairs. These fine hairs give the spiders an ash-colored appearance. The dorsal side of the abdomen is marked with three longitudinal white stripes and six pairs of dots, which are part of the spi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seothyra
''Seothyra'', commonly known as the buckspoor spiders, buck spoor spiders or just spoor spiders, belong to a sand-dwelling, burrowing genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Eresidae. The 13 species are endemic to the arid, sandy flats and semistabilized red dunes of southern Africa. They are sexually dimorphic. The tiny males, which are seldom seen, imitate sugar ants or velvet ants in their appearance and habits, while the females hide in and hunt from their characteristic burrows. They are thermophilous, with males as well as females being most active on hot days. Range and density They occur in Namibia, Botswana and South Africa. In South Africa they are present in northern Limpopo, and the Northern Cape as far south as the Tankwa Karoo. Their distribution is patchy, but when forming conspecific aggregations, their webs may even touch one another. Such clusters may contain thousands of females, with a density of 50 m−2, or locally, 100 to 200 m−2. Fossili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladybird Spider
''Eresus'', also called ladybird spiders, is a genus of velvet spiders (family Eresidae) that was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1805. Members of the genus formerly called '' Eresus cinnaberinus'' or ''Eresus niger'' are now placed in one of three species: '' Eresus kollari'', ''Eresus sandaliatus'' and ''Eresus moravicus''. A new species '' Eresus urus'' (named after the ancient Mesopotamian city of Ur), was discovered in southern Iraq in March 2025. Description They resemble both jumping spiders and the spiders in the Palpimanidae, as their body shapes are similar and their body is velvety. Males of this genus have a red abdomen with black spotting, usually sporting 4 black spots. The rest of the body is usually black, with some reddish or white areas. Females of this genus usually have dull colors, in grey, brown or black tones. For most individuals, the full body length reaches 8.5 to 20mm, with a distinct prosomal length of 3.6 to 6.1 mm. In some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Eresidae Species
This page lists all described species of the spider family Eresidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog : ''Adonea'' '' Adonea'' Simon, 1873 * '' A. algarvensis'' Wunderlich, 2017 — Portugal * '' A. algerica'' (El-Hennawy, 2004) — Algeria, Israel * '' A. fimbriata'' Simon, 1873 (type) — Algeria, Tunisia, Greece, Israel ''Dorceus'' '' Dorceus'' C. L. Koch, 1846 * '' D. albolunulatus'' (Simon, 1876) — Algeria * '' D. fastuosus'' C. L. Koch, 1846 (type) — Tunisia, Senegal, Israel * '' D. latifrons'' Simon, 1873 — Algeria, Tunisia * '' D. quadrispilotus'' Simon, 1908 — Egypt * '' D. trianguliceps'' Simon, 1911 — Tunisia ''Dresserus'' '' Dresserus'' Simon, 1876 * '' D. aethiopicus'' Simon, 1909 — Ethiopia * '' D. angusticeps'' Purcell, 1904 — South Africa * '' D. armatus'' Pocock, 1901 — Uganda * '' D. bilineatus'' Tullgren, 1910 — East Africa * '' D. collinus'' Pocock, 1900 — South Africa * '' D. colsoni'' Tucker, 1920 — South Africa * '' D. darlingi' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stegodyphus
''Stegodyphus'' is a genus of velvet spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1873. They are distributed from Africa to Europe and Asia, with one species (''S. manaus'') found in Brazil. The name is derived from Ancient Greek ('' stegos''), meaning "covered". At least three species are social spiders, and several are known to use ballooning as a method of dispersal. Species it contains twenty species: *'' Stegodyphus africanus'' ( Blackwall, 1866) – Africa *'' Stegodyphus bicolor'' ( O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) – Southern Africa *'' Stegodyphus dufouri'' ( Audouin, 1826) – North, West Africa *''Stegodyphus dumicola'' Pocock, 1898 – Central, Southern Africa *'' Stegodyphus hildebrandti'' ( Karsch, 1878) – Central, East Africa, Zanzibar *'' Stegodyphus hisarensis'' Arora & Monga, 1992 – India *''Stegodyphus lineatus'' (Latreille, 1817) (type) – Southern Europe, North Africa to Tajikistan *'' Stegodyphus lineifrons'' Pocock, 1898 – East Africa *'' Ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eresus Kollari
''Eresus kollari'', the ladybird spider, is a spider species in the family Eresidae. It was first described by Walckenaer in 1802, though it was misidentified. It was later correctly described by Rossi in 1846. It is one of the three species into which '' Eresus cinnaberinus'' or ''Eresus niger'' has been divided. It is thought to be endangered. Description The ladybird spider's body, as with most velvet spiders, somewhat resembles those of species in the jumping spider family. The male has a highly contrasting black and orange-red coloration, while the female is completely black. The opisthosoma looks velvety, as the species's common name would imply. Colonies In colonies, they burrow up to 10 cm in depth which is usually covered in a funnel web. Females may carry lens shape egg sack containing up to 100 eggs. Which she'll carry to a sunny place. The juveniles will stay in the females burrow and feed on her after she dies. They usually form small colonies with up to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gandanameno
''Gandanameno'' is a genus of African velvet spiders that was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967. Species it contains five species: *'' Gandanameno echinata'' (Purcell, 1908) – Namibia *'' Gandanameno fumosa'' ( C. L. Koch, 1837) – South Africa *'' Gandanameno inornata'' (Pocock, 1898) – Malawi *'' Gandanameno purcelli'' (Tucker, 1920) – South Africa *'' Gandanameno spenceri'' (Pocock, 1900) (type Type may refer to: Science and technology Computing * Typing, producing text via a keyboard, typewriter, etc. * Data type, collection of values used for computations. * File type * TYPE (DOS command), a command to display contents of a file. * ...) – South Africa References Araneomorphae genera Eresidae Spiders of Africa Taxa named by Pekka T. Lehtinen {{Araneomorphae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loureedia
''Loureedia'' is a genus of velvet spiders that was first described by J. A. Miller in 2012. , it contained four species: '' L. annulipes'', ''L. colleni'', ''L. lucasi'' and ''L. phoenixi''. This genus of velvet spiders that live underground are named after Lou Reed, guitarist and singer for the Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground were an American Rock music, rock band formed in New York City in 1964. Its classic lineup consisted of singer and guitarist Lou Reed, Welsh multi-instrumentalist John Cale, guitarist Sterling Morrison, and percussionis .... In 2020, researchers discovered the fourth species, '' L. phoenixi'', in Iran. ''L. annulipes'' was formerly considered a member of '' Eresus''. See also * List of organisms named after famous people (born 1900–1949) References {{Taxonbar, from=Q2340957 Eresidae Araneomorphae genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dresserus
''Dresserus'' is a genus of African velvet spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1876. Species it contains twenty-four species: *'' 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 Strand or The Strand may refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loureedia Annulipes Male1
''Loureedia'' is a genus of velvet spiders that was first described by J. A. Miller in 2012. , it contained four species: '' L. annulipes'', ''L. colleni'', ''L. lucasi'' and ''L. phoenixi''. This genus of velvet spiders that live underground are named after Lou Reed, guitarist and singer for the Velvet Underground. In 2020, researchers discovered the fourth species, '' L. phoenixi'', in Iran. ''L. annulipes'' was formerly considered a member of ''Eresus''. See also * List of organisms named after famous people (born 1900–1949) In biological nomenclature, organisms often receive scientific names that honor a person. A taxon (e.g., species or genus; plural: taxa) named in honor of another entity is an eponymous taxon, and names specifically honoring a person or persons ... References {{Taxonbar, from=Q2340957 Eresidae Araneomorphae genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paradonea
''Paradonea'' is a genus of African velvet spiders that was first described by R. F. Lawrence in 1968. Species it contains five species: *'' Paradonea parva'' (Tucker, 1920) – Namibia, Botswana, South Africa *''Paradonea presleyi'' Miller, Griswold, Scharff, Řezáč, Szűts & Marhabaie, 2012 – Zimbabwe, South Africa *'' Paradonea splendens'' (Lawrence, 1936) – Botswana, South Africa *'' Paradonea striatipes'' Lawrence, 1968 (type) – Namibia, South Africa *'' Paradonea variegata'' (Purcell Henry Purcell (, rare: ; September 1659 – 21 November 1695) was an English composer of Baroque music, most remembered for his more than 100 songs; a tragic opera, ''Dido and Aeneas''; and his incidental music to a version of Shakespeare's ..., 1904) – Namibia, Botswana, South Africa References External links * Araneomorphae genera Eresidae {{Araneomorphae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
