Dorceus
D. fastuosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Eresidae
Genus: Dorceus
C. L. Koch, 1846[1]
Type species
D. fastuosus
C. L. Koch, 1846
Species

5, see text

Dorceus is a genus of velvet spiders that was first described by C. L. Koch in 1846.[2]

Species

As of May 2019 it contains five species:[1]

  • Dorceus albolunulatus (Simon, 1876) – Algeria
  • Dorceus fastuosus C. L. Koch, 1846 (type) – Tunisia, Senegal, Israel
  • Dorceus latifrons Simon, 1873 – Algeria, Tunisia
  • Dorceus quadrispilotus Simon, 1908 – Egypt
  • Dorceus trianguliceps Simon, 1911 – Tunisia

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Dorceus C. L. Koch, 1846". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  2. ↑ Koch, C. L. (1846). Die Arachniden.
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