Revision of the velvet spiders (Araneae, Eresidae) with a new record from South Korea

By

Lee, Sueyeon
Jang, Chang-Moon
Yoo, Jung-Sun
Jo, Yeong-Seok
Kim, Seung-Tae

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-8-25

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

13

Pages

1--16

Subjects

Asia , Biodiversity , Distribution , ladybird spider , Morphology , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e165869

 

Abstract

The genus Eresus Walckenaer, 1805, commonly known as the ladybird spiders, comprises 30 species primarily distributed in the Palaearctic, Afrotropical and Oriental Regions as well as South America, with only one species, E. kollari Rossi, 1846, recorded from South Korea.<br> New taxonomic and distribution data on the genus Eresus Walckenaer, 1805, are provided. A newly-recorded species, E. granosus Simon, 1895, is described along with E. kollari Rossi, 1846 with a detailed description, illustrations and ecological photographs from South Korea.