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

Eresus elhennawyi Řezáč, Vaněk & Střeštík, 2023

Description
Distribution
  Presence
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Global distribution (WSC 2026): Morocco, Algeria
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Distribution List
Algeria   (Řezáč et al., 2023b) ||| Morocco   (Řezáč et al., 2023b; Benhalima & Bosmans, 2024) |||
References

Benhalima S, Bosmans R (2024) First historical checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Morocco, between 1840–2024. Zootaxa 5555: 407-535 pdf

El-Hennawy H K (2016) A note on Eresus albopictus Simon, 1873 (Araneae: Eresidae). Serket 15: 107-111 pdf

Ouakri N, Lecigne S, Abou Oualid J, Dugon M (2026) Spiders from the Arganeraie Biosphere Reserve of Souss-Massa region (Morocco), and descriptions of two new species (Arachnida: Araneae: Gnaphosidae, Salticidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 1051: 1-50 pdf

Řezáč M, Vaněk O, Střeštík V (2023b) Eresus elhennawyi sp. n. (Araneae: Eresidae), a new velvet spider mimicking mutilid wasps from north-western Africa. Serket 19: 340-354 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

Updates
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