Eresidae  C. L. Koch, 1845 / Eresus  Walckenaer, 1805   28 species

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

Description
Male

Prosoma length: 2.9-4.1 mm.

Female

Prosoma dark orange-brown, densely covered with off-white to light brown hairs. Prosoma length: 6.6-9.9 mm. Opisthosoma brown-black, densely covered with long black hairs and some short light hairs.

Additional information

Copulation period: end of March to end of April.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Czechia, Hungary
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Czechia   (Zamani et al., 2025c) ||| Hungary   (Kovács et al., 2015) |||
References

Kovács G, Prazsák I, Eichardt J, Vári G, Gyurkovics H (2015) A new ladybird spider from Hungary (Araneae, Eresidae). ZooKeys 494: 13-30 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Zamani A, Szabó K, Szűts T (2025c) Persian treasures: integrative taxonomy reveals high species' diversity of ladybird spiders (Araneae: Eresidae: Eresus). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 204(zlaf086): 1-19 pdf

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