ERESIDAE, C.L.Koch, 1837

Haddad, Charles R. & Marusik, Yuri M., 2019, Clarifying the taxonomic status and distributions of the spider species collected during the Leonhard Schultze expeditions in western and central southern Africa (Arachnida: Araneae), Zootaxa 4608 (3), pp. 451-483 : 463-464

ERESIDAE

Adonea variegata Purcell, 1904: 219 [F] [= Paradonea variegata (Purcell, 1904) ]

Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries: Steinkopf and Kamaggas, Little Namaqualand [ RSA].

Distribution in WSC (correct): Bot, Nam, RSA.

Recent taxonomic treatment: Miller et al. (2012).

Dresserus namaquensis Purcell, 1908: 219 [D]

Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries: Steinkopf and Kamaggas, Little Namaqualand [ RSA].

Distribution in WSC (correct): RSA.

Recent taxonomic treatment: Not redescribed.

Dresserus rostratus Purcell, 1908: 220 [D]

Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries: Southern Hereroland [Nam].

Distribution in WSC: RSA.

*Actual current distribution: Nam.

Recent taxonomic treatment: Not redescribed.

Dresserus schultzei Purcell, 1908: 220 [D]

Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries: Kubub, Great Namaqualand [Nam].

Distribution in WSC: RSA.

*Actual current distribution: Nam.

Recent taxonomic treatment: Lehtinen (1967).

Eresus echinatus Purcell, 1908: 223 [D] [= Gandanameno echinata (Purcell, 1908) ]

Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries: Rooibank, south-west of Walfish Bay in Southern Hereroland [Nam]. Distribution in WSC: Nam, RSA.

*Actual current distribution: Nam.

Recent taxonomic treatment: Not redescribed.

Eresus fumosus C.L. Koch, 1837: 222 [F] [= Gandanameno fumosa (C.L. Koch, 1837) ]

Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries: Port Nolloth, Little Namaqualand [ RSA].

Distribution in WSC (correct): RSA.

Recent taxonomic treatment: Tucker (1920).

Eresus namaquensis Purcell, 1908: 221 [D] [jun. syn. of Gandanameno spenceri (Pocock, 1900) ]

Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries: Steinkopf and Kamaggas, Little Namaqualand [ RSA].

Distribution in WSC (correct): RSA.

Recent taxonomic treatment: Lehtinen (1967).

Eresus sp. A [juveniles]: 223 [F] [= Gandanameno sp.]

Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries: Lüderitz Bay, Great Namaqualand [Nam].

Distribution in WSC: n/a.

Recent taxonomic treatment: n/a.

Eresus sp. B [juveniles]: 223 [F] [= Gandanameno sp.]

Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries: Kubub, Great Namaqualand [Nam].

Distribution in WSC: n/a.

Recent taxonomic treatment: n/a.

Eresus sp. C [juveniles]: 223 [F] [= Gandanameno sp.]

Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries: Kalahari (Lehututu to Kang), Bechuanaland Protectorate [Bot].

Distribution in WSC: n/a.

Recent taxonomic treatment: n/a.

Eresus sp. D [juveniles]: 223 [F] [= Gandanameno sp.]

Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries: Severelela, Kalahari, Bechuanaland Protectorate [Bot].

Distribution in WSC: n/a.

Recent taxonomic treatment: n/a.

Stegodyphus deserticola Purcell, 1908: 217 [D] [jun. syn. of S. dumicola Pocock, 1898 ]

Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries: Khakhea in the Kalahari Desert, Bechuanaland.

Protectorate [Bot].

Distribution in WSC: Central, South Africa.

*Actual current distribution: Central, Southern Africa.

Recent taxonomic treatment: Kraus & Kraus (1989).

Stegodyphus dumicola Pocock, 1898: 219 [F]

Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries: Cape Flats, Cape Peninsula [ RSA] .

Distribution in WSC: Central, South Africa.

*Actual current distribution: Central, Southern Africa.

Recent taxonomic treatment: Kraus & Kraus (1989).

Stegodyphus gregarius O.P.-Cambridge, 1889: 219 [F] [jun. syn. of S. mimosarum Pavesi, 1883 ]

Localities in Purcell (1908) and countries: Severelela, Kalahari (north-west of Lobatsi), Bechuanaland Protectorate [Bot]. Distribution in WSC (correct): Africa, Madagascar.

Recent taxonomic treatment: Kraus & Kraus (1989); Miller et al. (2012).