Eresus walckenaeri

Taxobox
name = "Eresus walckenaeri"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
familia = Eresidae
genus = "Eresus"
species = "E. walckenaeri"
binomial = "Eresus walckenaeri"
binomial_authority = Brullé, 1832
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synonyms ="Eresus walckenaer"
"Eresus audouin"
"Eresus theis"
"Eresus ctenizoides"
"Eresus luridus"
"Eresus puniceus"
"Eresus pruinosus"
"Eresus siculus"
"Erythrophora punicea"

"Eresus walckenaerius" is a species of ladybird spider from the eastern Mediterranean.

Description

While males are very similar to those of "Eresus sandaliatus" or "Eresus cinnaberinus" the females are up to 4 cm long. The females often have a red band on their opisthosoma. Adult males can be found from April to June.Bellmann, H. (1997). Kosmos-Atlas Spinnentiere Europas. "Kosmos".]

Habits

Their strikingly pink webs are built below rocks. One egg sac contains several hundred eggs, and spiderlings seem to disperse much more than other "Eresus" species (using ballooning), so that they are not found in large clusters.

Distribution

This species is found on the southern Balkans, in Turkey and on islands of the Aegean Sea

Name

The species name is in honor of Charles Athanase Walckenaer.

ubspecies

"Eresus walckenaeri moerens" C. L. Koch, 1846 (Afghanistan)

References