Heriaeus

Heriaeus is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1875.^[2]

Species

As of November 2022 it contains thirty-seven species, found in Europe, Asia, and Africa:^[1]

• Heriaeus algericus Loerbroks, 1983 – Algeria
• Heriaeus allenjonesi van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2013 – South Africa
• Heriaeus antoni van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2013 – Senegal, Yemen
• Heriaeus buffoni (Audouin, 1826) – North Africa, Israel
• Heriaeus buffonopsis Loerbroks, 1983 – Central Asia
• Heriaeus capillatus Utochkin, 1985 – Kazakhstan
• Heriaeus chareshi (Sen & Sureshan, 2022) – India
• Heriaeus charitonovi Utochkin, 1985 – Central Asia
• Heriaeus concavus Tang & Li, 2010 – China
• Heriaeus convexus Tang & Li, 2010 – China
• Heriaeus copricola van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2013 – South Africa
• Heriaeus crassispinus Lawrence, 1942 – Central, East, Southern Africa
• Heriaeus delticus Utochkin, 1985 – Russia (Europe)
• Heriaeus fedotovi Charitonov, 1946 – Central Asia
• Heriaeus foordi van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2013 – South Africa
• Heriaeus graminicola (Doleschall, 1852) – Europe, Caucasus, Iran
• Heriaeus hirtus (Latreille, 1819) (type) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus
• Heriaeus horridus Tyschchenko, 1965 – Russia (Europe to West Siberia), Central Asia
• Heriaeus latifrons Lessert, 1919 – Tanzania
• Heriaeus madagascar van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2013 – Madagascar
• Heriaeus maurusius Loerbroks, 1983 – Morocco
• Heriaeus mellotteei Simon, 1886 – China, Korea, Japan
• Heriaeus muizenberg van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2013 – South Africa
• Heriaeus numidicus Loerbroks, 1983 – Morocco, Algeria
• Heriaeus oblongus Simon, 1918 – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe) to Central Asia
• Heriaeus orientalis Simon, 1918 – Greece, Turkey, Ukraine
• Heriaeus peterwebbi van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2013 – Namibia, South Africa
• Heriaeus pilosus Nosek, 1905 – Turkey
• Heriaeus setiger (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – South-eastern Europe, Turkey, Middle East, Caucasus
• Heriaeus simoni Kulczyński, 1903 – Southwest Europe, Greece, Turkey
• Heriaeus sossusvlei van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2013 – Namibia, South Africa
• Heriaeus spinipalpus Loerbroks, 1983 – Eastern Mediterranean, Caucasus, Iran, Turkmenistan
• Heriaeus transvaalicus Simon, 1895 – South Africa
• Heriaeus xanderi van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2013 – Tanzania, South Africa
• Heriaeus xinjiangensis Liang, Zhu & Wang, 1991 – China
• Heriaeus zanii van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2013 – South Africa
• Heriaeus zhalosni Komnenov, 2017 – North Macedonia, Greece

In synonymy:

• H. claveatus (Walckenaer, 1837) = Heriaeus hirtus (Latreille, 1819)
• H. fimbriatus Lawrence, 1942 = Heriaeus crassispinus Lawrence, 1942
• H. kumaonensis (Tikader, 1980) = Heriaeus horridus Tyschchenko, 1965
• H. propinquus Kulczyński, 1903 = Heriaeus simoni Kulczyński, 1903
• H. sareptanus Loerbroks, 1983 = Heriaeus horridus Tyschchenko, 1965

Nomina dubia

• H. difficilis Strand, 1906
• H. melanotrichus Simon, 1903

See also

• List of Thomisidae species

References