Dresserus
Genus of spiders
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Dresserus is a genus of African velvet spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1876.[2]
| Dresserus | |
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| Female D. colsoni | |
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| Male D. kannemeyeri | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Eresidae |
| Genus: | Dresserus Simon, 1876[1] |
| Type species | |
| D. fuscus Simon, 1876 | |
| Species | |
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23, see text | |
Species
male D. colsoni
female D. laticeps
juvenile D. namaquensis
As of October 2025[update], this genus includes 23 species:[1]
- Dresserus aethiopicus Simon, 1909 – Ethiopia
- Dresserus angusticeps Purcell, 1904 – South Africa
- Dresserus armatus Pocock, 1901 – Uganda
- Dresserus bilineatus Tullgren, 1910 – East Africa
- Dresserus collinus Pocock, 1900 – South Africa
- Dresserus colsoni Tucker, 1920 – South Africa
- Dresserus darlingi Pocock, 1900 – Zimbabwe
- Dresserus elongatus Tullgren, 1910 – East Africa
- Dresserus fontensis Lawrence, 1928 – Namibia
- Dresserus fuscus Simon, 1876 – East Africa, Zanzibar (type species)
- Dresserus kannemeyeri Tucker, 1920 – South Africa
- Dresserus laticeps Purcell, 1904 – South Africa
- Dresserus murinus Lawrence, 1927 – Namibia
- Dresserus namaquensis Purcell, 1908 – South Africa
- Dresserus nigellus Tucker, 1920 – South Africa
- Dresserus obscurus Pocock, 1898 – South Africa
- Dresserus olivaceus Pocock, 1900 – South Africa
- Dresserus rostratus Purcell, 1908 – Namibia
- Dresserus schreineri Tucker, 1920 – South Africa
- Dresserus schultzei Purcell, 1908 – Namibia
- Dresserus sericatus Tucker, 1920 – Namibia
- Dresserus subarmatus Tullgren, 1910 – East Africa, Botswana
- Dresserus tripartitus Lawrence, 1938 – South Africa
