Eresus
| Eresus | |
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| male E. kollari | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Suborder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Eresidae |
| Genus: |
Eresus Walckenaer, 1805 |
| Species | |
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See text. |
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| Diversity | |
| c. 20 species | |
See text.
Eresus is a genus of velvet spiders comprising several species. 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. All have been called "ladybird spiders".
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