Heriaeus
Heriaeus is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1875.
Distribution
Most species in this genus are found from Turkey to China, though less than half are African species.Life style
Heriaeus are free-living plant and ground dwellers.Description
The genus Heriaeus can be recognized by the integument bearing different types of setae that vary from long white erect setae to a combination of numerous short, club-shaped or blunt-tipped abdominal setae.Females and males measure 4 to 5 mm in total length, with males slightly smaller. Their colour varies from grey-white to pale green with a pinkish tint.
The carapace is as wide as long and narrower in the eye region, both eye rows are recurved, and eyes are on tubercles with the lateral tubercles larger than the median ones. The abdomen is round to oval with indistinct markings. Legs are the same colour as the carapace.
Taxonomy
The genus was revised by van Niekerk and Dippenaar-Schoeman in 2013.Species
, this genus includes 37 species:Heriaeus algericus Loerbroks, 1983 – AlgeriaHeriaeus allenjonesi van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2013 – South AfricaHeriaeus antoni van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2013 – Senegal, YemenHeriaeus buffoni – Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Western Asia, Canary IslandsHeriaeus buffonopsis Loerbroks, 1983 – Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, UzbekistanHeriaeus capillatus Utochkin, 1985 – KazakhstanHeriaeus chareshi Sen & Sureshan, 2022 – IndiaHeriaeus charitonovi Utochkin, 1985 – Tajikistan, UzbekistanHeriaeus concavus Tang & Li, 2010 – ChinaHeriaeus convexus Tang & Li, 2010 – ChinaHeriaeus copricola van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2013 – Lesotho, South AfricaHeriaeus crassispinus Lawrence, 1942 – AfricaHeriaeus delticus Utochkin, 1985 – RussiaHeriaeus fedotovi Charitonov, 1946 – Tajikistan, UzbekistanHeriaeus foordi van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2013 – South AfricaHeriaeus graminicola – Caucasus, IranHeriaeus hirtus – Caucasus, Turkey Heriaeus horridus Tystshenko, 1965 – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, India, Ukraine, RussiaHeriaeus latifrons Lessert, 1919 – TanzaniaHeriaeus madagascar van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2013 – MadagascarHeriaeus maurusius Loerbroks, 1983 – MoroccoHeriaeus mellotteei Simon, 1886 – China, Japan, KoreaHeriaeus muizenberg van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2013 – South AfricaHeriaeus numidicus Loerbroks, 1983 – Algeria, Libya, Morocco, SpainHeriaeus oblongus Simon, 1918 – Kazakhstan, Caucasus, RussiaHeriaeus orientalis Simon, 1918 – Turkey, Ukraine, GreeceHeriaeus peterwebbi van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2013 – Namibia, South AfricaHeriaeus pilosus Nosek, 1905 – TurkeyHeriaeus setiger – Caucasus, Turkey, Middle East, South-eastern EuropeHeriaeus simoni Kulczyński, 1903 – Turkey, Bulgaria, Southern EuropeHeriaeus sossusvlei van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2013 – Namibia, South AfricaHeriaeus spinipalpus Loerbroks, 1983 – Turkmenistan, Western AsiaHeriaeus transvaalicus Simon, 1895 – South AfricaHeriaeus xanderi van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2013 – Tanzania, South AfricaHeriaeus xinjiangensis Liang, Zhu & Wang, 1991 – ChinaHeriaeus zanii van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2013 – South AfricaHeriaeus zhalosni Komnenov, 2017 – Bulgaria, Greece, North MacedoniaIn synonymy:
- H. claveatus = Heriaeus hirtus
- H. fimbriatus Lawrence, 1942 = Heriaeus crassispinus Lawrence, 1942
- H. kumaonensis = Heriaeus horridus Tyschchenko, 1965
- H. propinquus Kulczyński, 1903 = Heriaeus simoni Kulczyński, 1903
- H. sareptanus Loerbroks, 1983 = Heriaeus horridus Tyschchenko, 1965