Eresus moravicus Řezáč, 2008
Description
Male
Bulb: conductor with a strong terminal tooth markedly incurvated toward a round groove. Prosoma 3.5-5.6 mm long. Leg I and II brown with black hairs, femur II and patella II reddish, joints with white hairs, leg III and IV orange, almost all segments covered with red hairs. Opisthosoma red, with 2 (rarely 3) pairs of black spots bordered with white hairs.
Female
Epigyne: anteriorly scarcely divided by a ridge, anterior parts of fissures slightly incurvated to the centre. Vulva: spermatheca markedly lobed. Cephalic part of prosoma covered with dense orange hairs, particularly around the median eyes. Prosoma 5.9-9.9 mm long. Chelicerae with dense orange hairs at their base. Legs brownish. Opisthosoma purplish black.
Additional information
Mainly in rocky steppes, also on sandy soils with grasslands.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Zamani et al. 2020b)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Naumova & Deltshev 2021)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Naumova & Deltshev 2021)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Naumova & Deltshev 2021)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Yanul et al. 2022)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Yanul et al. 2022)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Yanul et al. 2022)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Geci et al. 2025a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Geci et al. 2025a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Geci et al. 2025a)
Conductor, retrolateral view
(Thaler & Knoflach 2002b)
Conductor, posterior view
(Thaler & Knoflach 2002b)
Conductor, retrolateral view
(Thaler & Knoflach 2002b)
Conductor, posterior view
(Thaler & Knoflach 2002b)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Řezáč et al. 2008a)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Řezáč et al. 2008a)
Habitus, lateral view
(Zamani et al. 2020b)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Yanul et al. 2022)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Geci et al. 2025a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Řezáč et al. 2008a)
Epigyne
(Naumova & Deltshev 2021)
Epigyne
(Geci et al. 2025a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Řezáč et al. 2008a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Naumova & Deltshev 2021)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Geci et al. 2025a)
Habitus, dorso-frontal view
(Yanul et al. 2022)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Geci et al. 2025a)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
Geci, D., Ibrahimi, H., Bilalli, A. & Musliu, M (2025a) New records of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from the Western Balkans. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11: 269-289 
Grbić G, Savić D (2010) Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna (Arachnida, Araneae) on the Fruška Gora Mt. Acta Entomologica Serbica 15: 243-260
Naumova M, Deltshev C (2021) New faunistic and taxonomic notes on the haplogyne and cribellate spiders (Araneae: Dictynidae, Dysderidae, Eresidae, Filistatidae, Sicariidae) from three Balkan countries. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 67: 63-76
Naumova M, Hristovski S, Hristov G H (2016b) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Prespa National Park, Albania. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 68: 503-511
Popovici, G., Iorgu, E. I. & Urák, I (2022) First records of Eresus moravicus Řezáč, 2008 (Araneae: Eresidae) from Romania. Arachnology 19: 31-37
Řezáč M, Pekár S, Johannesen J (2008a) Taxonomic review and phylogenetic analysis of Central European Eresus species (Araneae: Eresidae). Zoologica Scripta 37: 263-287
Růžička V, Řezáč M (2022a) Seznam pavouků České republiky. List of spiders of the Czech Republic. Online at https://www.arachnology.cz/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html and https://www.arachnology.cz/en/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html
Thaler K, Knoflach B (2002b) Zur Faunistik der Spinnen (Araneae) von Österreich: Atypidae, Haplogynae, Eresidae, Zodariidae, Mimetidae. Linzer Biologische Beiträge 34: 413-444
WSC (2025) World Spider Catalog. Version 26. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (28.2.2025) doi: 10.24436/2
Yanul V, Terekhova V, Polchaninova N (2022) New data to the rare spider species (Arachnida, Aranei) from Kyiv Region (Ukraine). Zoodiversity 56: 181-188
Zamani A, Altin Ç, Szűts T (2020b) A black sheep in Eresus (Araneae: Eresidae): taxonomic notes on the ladybird spiders of Iran and Turkey, with a new species. Zootaxa 4851: 559-572
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