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Genus: Eresus Walckenaer, 1805 | Family: Eresidae C. L. Koch, 1845

Eresus hermani Kovács, Prazsák, Eichardt, Vári & Gyurkovics, 2015

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047611

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Described:

Distribution: Czechia, Hungary

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Hungarian Natural History Museum (HNHM), Budapest, Hungary f (Araneae 7612) - (Kovács et al., 2015)
Paratype: Hungarian Natural History Museum (HNHM), Budapest, Hungary 2m 2f (Araneae 7630-7633) - (Kovács et al., 2015)

Taxonomic References

Eresus kollari Kovács, Szinetár & Török, 2010: 139, f. 1C-F, 2D (f; misidentified per Kovács et al., 2015: 15)

Eresus hermani Kovács et al., 2015: 15, f. 1A-B, 3A-C, 4A-C, 5A-B, 6A-B, 7A (Dmf) Original description

Eresus hermani Zamani, Szabó & Szűts, 2025: 13, f. 2A-B, 11B-D, F-G, 12B-D (m)

References

Kovács, G., Szinetár, C. & Török, T. (2010). Adatok a magyarországon előforduló bikapók fajok biológiájához (Eresus kollari Rossi, 1846, Eresus moravicus Rezác, 2008, Araneae: Eresidae) [Data on the biology of Eresus species found in Hungary (Eresus kollari Rossi, 1846, Eresus marovicus Rezác, 2008, Araneae: Eresidae)]. A Nyme Savaria Egyetemi Központ Tudományos Közleményei 17(Természettudományok 12): 139-156. -- Show included taxa

Kovács, G., Prazsák, I., Eichardt, J., Vári, G. & Gyurkovics, H. (2015). A new ladybird spider from Hungary (Araneae, Eresidae). ZooKeys 494: 13-30. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.494.8676 -- Show included taxa

Zamani, A., Szabó, K. & Szűts, T. (2025). Persian treasures: integrative taxonomy reveals high species' diversity of ladybird spiders (Araneae: Eresidae: Eresus). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 204(4, zlaf086): 1-19. doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf086 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Kropf, C., Stäubli, A.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 01.2026. doi: 10.24436/1

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value
2025-08-06	New taxonomic reference entry	Zamani, Szabó & Szűts, 2025
2025-08-06	Species distribution update	Zamani, Szabó & Szűts, 2025	Old value
2015-05-05	New taxonomic reference entry	Kovács, Szinetár & Török, 2010
2015-05-05	New taxonomic reference entry	Kovács et al., 2015
2015-05-05	New species inserted	Kovács et al., 2015