Dresserus

Dresserus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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

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

Species

As of May 2019^[update] 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.