Genus of spiders
Heriaeus is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1875.[2]
Species
As of November 2022[update] 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
