Eresus cinnaberinus

Tags: Arachnid.

Eresus cinnaberinus (formerly Eresus niger) of the family Eresidae is commonly called the Ladybird Spider. It is native to Europe.The taxon Eresus cinnaberinus is considered a nomen dubium by some authors the specimens having been divided into the species E. kollari E. sandaliatus and E. moravicus. The three species differ in size colour pattern shape of prosoma and copulatory organs and habitat with no morphologically intermediate forms. As eastern and western E.

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Arachnid

family

Velvet spider

genus

Eresus

kingdom

Animal

order

Spider

phylum

Arthropod

synonym

Aranea cinnaberina, Aranea moniligera, Aranea nigra, Aranea quatuorguttata, Chersis dubius, Chersis niger, Eresus 4-guttatus, Eresus fulvus, Eresus guerinii, Eresus kollari, Eresus niger, Eresus ruficapillus, Eresus tristis, Erythrophorus 4-guttatus, Erythrophorus cinnaberinus