Last updated May 3, 2008

In synonymy:
Magunia Lehtinen, 1967 = Stegodyphus Simon, 1873 (Kraus & Kraus, 1989: 167, 220).
Storkaniella Kratochvíl & Miller, 1940 = Adonea Simon, 1873 (Lehtinen, 1967: 265).

Nomen nudum:
Amathia Simon, 1873 -- Lehtinen, 1967: 211.

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Storkaniella Kratochvíl & Miller, 1940 by Lehtinen, 1967: 265.

Transferred to other genera:
A. parva Tucker, 1920 -- see Paradonea.
A. splendens Lawrence, 1936 -- see Paradonea.
A. variegata Purcell, 1904 -- see Paradonea.

In synonymy:
A. janinensis (Kratochvíl & Miller, 1940) = A. fimbriata Simon, 1873 (Lehtinen, 1967: 208).

mf fimbriata Simon, 1873 *....................Mediterranean [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005799]
A. f. Simon, 1873a: 158, pl. 3, f. 24-25 (Dm).
A. capitata Simon, 1876d: 86 (Df).
A. f. Simon, 1892a: 253, f. 202, 207.
A. f. Kratochvíl & Miller, 1940b: 92, f. 1, 3.
Storkaniella janinensis Kratochvíl & Miller, 1940b: 93, f. 2, 4 (Df).
A. f. Lehtinen, 1967: 208 (S).

Transferred to other genera:
D. albopictus (Simon, 1873) -- see Eresus.

In synonymy:
D. caniceps Simon, 1910 = D. fastuosus C. L. Koch, 1846 (El-Hennawy, 2002: 61).
D. eburneus (Simon, 1876) = D. latifrons Simon, 1873 (El-Hennawy, 2002: 64).
D. viberti Simon, 1910 = D. fastuosus C. L. Koch, 1846 (Lehtinen, 1967: 231).

mf albolunulatus (Simon, 1876)....................Algeria [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005800]
Eresus a. Simon, 1876d: 86 (Df).
D. a. Simon, 1910d: 293 (Dm).

mf fastuosus C. L. Koch, 1846 *....................Senegal, Tunisia [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005804]
D. f. C. L. Koch, 1846: 15, f. 1088 (Dm).
Erythrophora f. Simon, 1864: 300.
D. f. Simon, 1886g: 366.
D. f. Simon, 1892a: 254, f. 205.
D. caniceps Simon, 1910d: 291 (Dm).
D. viberti Simon, 1910d: 292 (Dm).
D. canicipiti Simon, 1910d: 294 (nomen nudum).
D. canicipiti Roewer, 1955c: 1291.
D. f. Lehtinen, 1967: 231 (S).
D. f. El-Hennawy, 2002: 61, f. 1, 3-4, 11, 15-20 (m, S).

mf latifrons Simon, 1873....................Algeria, Tunisia [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005805]
D. l. Simon, 1873a: 160, pl. 3, f. 26-27 (Df).
Eresus eburneus Simon, 1876d: 86 (Dm).
D. eburneus Simon, 1885f: 20 (Df).
D. eburneus Simon, 1892a: 249, f. 205.
D. eburneus Lehtinen, 1967: 461, f. 464 (m).
D. l. El-Hennawy, 2002: 64, f. 2, 6-7, 9-10, 12, 21-23 (f, Sm).

m quadrispilotus Simon, 1908....................Egypt [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005806]
D. q. Simon, 1908b: 82 (Dm).
D. q. El-Hennawy, 1998: 97, f. 1-4 (m).
D. q. El-Hennawy, 2002: 67, f. 5, 13, 24-26 (m).

m trianguliceps Simon, 1910....................Tunisia [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005807]
D. t. Simon, 1910d: 292 (Dm).
D. t. El-Hennawy, 2002: 68, f. 8, 14, 27-29 (m).

In synonymy:
D. inconspicuus Strand, 1906 = D. fuscus Simon, 1876 (Lehtinen, 1967: 231).

f aethiopicus Simon, 1909....................Ethiopia [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005808]
D. a. Simon, 1909c: 30 (Df).
D. a. Berland, 1922: 45, pl. A1, f. 5 (f).

f angusticeps Purcell, 1904....................South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005809]
D. a. Purcell, 1904: 139, pl. 10, f. 9 (Df).

mf armatus Pocock, 1901....................Uganda [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005810]
D. a. Pocock, 1901a: 287 (Dm).
D. a. Jocqué & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006: 122, f. e-h (m, fig. f).

f bilineatus Tullgren, 1910....................East Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005811]
D. b. Tullgren, 1910: 99, pl. 1, f. 9 (Df).

f collinus Pocock, 1900....................South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005812]
D. c. Pocock, 1900e: 323 (Df).

f colsoni Tucker, 1920....................South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005813]
D. c. Tucker, 1920: 453, pl. 29, f. 4 (Df).

f darlingi Pocock, 1900....................South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005814]
D. d. Pocock, 1900e: 322 (Df).

f elongatus Tullgren, 1910....................East Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005815]
D. e. Tullgren 1910: 100, pl. 1, f. 10 (Df).

f fontensis Lawrence, 1928....................Namibia [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005816]
D. f. Lawrence, 1928: 221, pl. 21, f. 1 (Df).

mf fuscus Simon, 1876 *....................East Africa, Zanzibar [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005817]
D. f. Simon, 1876d: 87 (Df).
D. f. Simon, 1892a: 253, f. 206, 210.
D. inconspicuus Strand, 1906b: 668 (Dm).
D. inconspicuus Strand, 1908m: 72 (Df).
D. f. Tullgren, 1910: 99, pl. 1, f. 8 (f).
D. f. Lehtinen, 1967: 231 (Sm).

mf kannemeyeri Tucker, 1920....................South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005818]
D. k. Tucker, 1920: 454, pl. 29, f. 5, 7c (Dmf).

f laticeps Purcell, 1904....................South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005819]
D. l. Purcell, 1904: 140, pl. 10, f. 10 (Df).

j murinus Lawrence, 1927....................Namibia [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005820]
D. m. Lawrence, 1927: 6 (Dj).

f namaquensis Purcell, 1908....................South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005821]
D. n. Purcell, 1908: 219, pl. 11, f. 6 (Df).

f nasivulvus Strand, 1907....................East Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005822]
D. nasivulva Strand, 1907a: 526 (Df).
D. nasivulva Strand, 1907n: 562 (Df).

f nigellus Tucker, 1920....................South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005823]
D. n. Tucker, 1920: 456, pl. 29, f. 6 (Df).

f obscurus Pocock, 1898....................South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005824]
D. o. Pocock, 1898c: 203, pl. 8, f. 8 (Df).

f olivaceus Pocock, 1900....................South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005825]
D. o. Pocock, 1900e: 322 (Df).

m rostratus Purcell, 1908....................South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005826]
D. r. Purcell, 1908: 220, pl. 11, f. 8 (Dm).

mf schreineri Tucker, 1920....................South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005827]
D. s. Tucker, 1920: 457, pl. 29, f. 7A-B (Dmf).

mf schultzei Purcell, 1908....................South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005828]
D. s. Purcell, 1908: 220, pl. 11, f. 7 (Df).
D. s. Lehtinen, 1967: 462, f. 465-466 (f, Dm).

f sericatus Tucker, 1920....................South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005829]
D. s. Tucker, 1920: 459, pl. 29, f. 8 (Df).

mf subarmatus Tullgren, 1910....................East Africa, Botswana [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005830]
D. s. Tullgren, 1910: 98, pl. 1, f. 7 (Dmf).

f tripartitus Lawrence, 1938....................South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005831]
D. t. Lawrence, 1938a: 468, f. 6 (Df).

Transferred to other genera:
E. annulipes Lucas, 1856 -- see Stegodyphus.
E. arenarius Kroneberg, 1875 -- see Stegodyphus.
E. bicolor O. P.-Cambridge, 1869 -- see Stegodyphus.
E. depressus Tucker, 1920 -- see Gandanameno.
E. echinatus Purcell, 1908 -- see Gandanameno.
E. fumosus C. L. Koch, 1837 -- see Gandanameno.
E. inornatus Pocock, 1898 -- see Gandanameno.
E. namaquensis Purcell, 1908 -- see Gandanameno.
E. purcelli Tucker, 1920 -- see Gandanameno.
E. spenceri Pocock, 1900 -- see Gandanameno.

In synonymy:
E. annulatus (Hahn, 1821, removed from S of E. cinnaberinus) = E. sandaliatus (Martini & Goeze, 1778) (Ratschker & Bellmann, 1995: 217).
E. lautus Simon, 1873 = E. solitarius Simon, 1873 (Lehtinen, 1967: 233).
E. purpuratus (Panzer, 1804, removed from S of E. cinnaberinus) = E. sandaliatus (Martini & Goeze, 1778) (Ratschker & Bellmann, 1995: 217).
E. tristis Kroneberg, 1875 = E. cinnaberinus (Olivier, 1789) (Nenilin & Pestova, 1986: 1734, sub E. niger).

Nomina dubia:
E. albomarginatus Lucas, 1864: 29 (m, Senegal) -- El-Hennawy, 2004b: 34.
E. ater Walckenaer, 1805: 21, pl. 3, f. 25-26 (m, Italy) -- Rezác, Pekár & Johannesen, 2008: 270.
E. cinnaberinus (Olivier, 1789: 221, originally in Aranea, placed in Erythrophorus by C. L. Koch, 1850: 71, m, Italy) [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005833] * -- Rezác, Pekár & Johannesen, 2008: 270.
E. dubius (Walckenaer, 1837: 392, m, Italy, originally in Chersis) -- Rezác, Pekár & Johannesen, 2008: 270.
E. illustris C. L. Koch, 1837a: 105, f. 317 (m, possibly Hungary) [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005837] -- Rezác, Pekár & Johannesen, 2008: 270.
E. moniligerus (Villers, 1789: 128, pl. 11, f. 8, f, France, originally in Aranea) -- Rezác, Pekár & Johannesen, 2008: 270.
E. niger (Petagna, 1787: 34, originally in Aranea, where preoccupied by Fabricius, 1775, m, Italy) -- Rezác, Pekár & Johannesen, 2008: 270.
E. petagnae Audouin, 1826: 374, pl. 4, f. 11 (f, Egypt, Syria) -- El-Hennawy, 2004b: 33.
E. pulchellus Lucas, 1864: 29 (f, Egypt) -- El-Hennawy, 2004b: 33.
E. quatuorguttatus (Rossi, 1790: 135, pl. 1, f. 8-9, m, Italy, originally in Aranea, placed in Erythrophorus by C. L. Koch, 1850: 71) -- Rezác, Pekár & Johannesen, 2008: 270.

mf albopictus Simon, 1873....................Morocco, Algeria [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005801]
E. a. Simon, 1873d: 352, pl. 10, f. 12 (Df).
E. lucasi Simon, 1873d: 353, pl. 10, f. 8-9 (Dmf).
Dorceus a. Lehtinen, 1967: 231 (Tmf from Eresus).
E. a. El-Hennawy, 2002: 70 (rejected T).

m algericus El-Hennawy, 2004....................Algeria [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:039704]
E. a. El-Hennawy, 2004a: 2, f. 1-4 (Dm).

mf crassitibialis Wunderlich, 1987....................Canary Is. [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005840]
E. c. Wunderlich, 1987a: 103, f. 272-276 (Dmf).

mf daliensis Yang & Hu, 2002....................China [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:037528]
E. d. Yang & Hu, 2002: 726, f. 1-6 (Dmf; N.B.: considered a junior synonym of Stegodyphus tibialis by Rezác, Pekár & Johannesen, 2008: 264, without explanation).

m granosus Simon, 1895....................Russia, China [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005841]
E. g. Simon, 1895c: 331 (Dm).
E. g. Ermolajev, 1928b: 100, f. 3 (m).

f jerbae El-Hennawy, 2005....................Algeria, Tunisia [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:039705]
E. j. El-Hennawy, 2005a: 88, f. 1-4 (Df).

mf kollari Rossi, 1846....................Europe to Central Asia [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:041642]
Aranea nigra Petagna, 1792: 437 (f, misidentified).
Aranea cinnaberinus Walckenaer, 1802: 249 (misidentified.
Aranea quatuorguttata Coquebert, 1804: 122, pl. 27, f. 12 (m, misidentified).
E. cinnaberinus Walckenaer, 1805: 21 (misidentified).
E. cinnaberinus Hahn, 1821: 1, pl. 5, f. A (m, misidentified).
E. quatuorguttatus Hahn, 1832: 45, f. 35 (f, misidentified).
E. cinnaberinus Walckenaer, 1837: 395 (f, misidentified).
E. 4-guttatus C. L. Koch, 1837a: 104, f. 316 (m, misidentified).
E. cinnaberinus C. L. Koch, 1837a: 106, f. 318 (m, misidentified).
E. k. Rossi, 1846: 17 (Df).
E. guerinii Lucas, 1846: 133, pl. 4, f. 10 (Dm).
E. fulvus Rossi, 1846: 17 (Dm; N.B.: possibly valid, per Rezác, Pekár & Johannesen, 2008: 275).
Erythrophorus 4-guttatus C. L. Koch, 1850: 71.
Erythrophorus cinnaberinus C. L. Koch, 1850: 71.
Chersis niger Canestrini & Pavesi, 1868: 812.
E. cinnaberinus Hansen, 1882: 50, pl. 3, f. 9.
E. niger Chyzer & Kulczyn'ski, 1891: 152, pl. 6, f. 22 (mf).
E. niger Simon, 1892a: 251, 254, f. 203-204, 209 (mf).
E. cinnaberinus Becker, 1896: 2, pl. 1, f. 1 (mf).
E. niger Bösenberg, 1903: 411, pl. 39, f. 606 (mf).
E. niger Kulczyn'ski, 1903b: 637, pl. 1, f. 1-2 (m).
E. niger typicus Simon, 1910d: 296.
E. niger J. Berland, 1913: 39, f. 38-41.
E. niger Reimoser, 1931b: 59, f. 2 (mf).
E. niger Giltay, 1932: 11, f. 5 (m).
E. niger Locket & Millidge, 1951: 50, f. 15A, 19 (mf).
E. niger Wiehle, 1953: 71, f. 155-162 (mf).
E. tristis Kroneberg, 1875: 44, pl. 4, f. 31 (Dm).
E. niger Nakatsudi, 1942b: 8, f. 1A-B (m).
E. niger Wiehle, 1953: 71, f. 155-161 (mf).
E. niger Namkung, 1964: 33, f. 5a-c (mf).
E. niger Braendegaard, 1966: 36, f. 20-22 (mf; N.B.: may be E. sandaliatus).
E. niger Lehtinen, 1967: 462, f. 467 (m).
E. niger Azheganova, 1968: 21, f. 24 (m).
E. niger Loksa, 1969: 20, f. 12, 13A-D (mf).
E. niger Miller, 1971: 55, pl. II, f. 8-9 (f).
E. cinnaberinus Brignoli, 1978o: 288, f. 11 (f).
E. niger Paik, 1978e: 179, f. 72.1-3 (mf).
E. niger Hu, 1984: 51, f. 47.1-4 (m).
E. niger Roberts, 1985: 46, f. 12b (mf).
E. niger Zhu et al., 1985: 52, f. 42a-c (m).
E. niger Nenilin & Pestova, 1986: 1734, f. 1-4, 7 (mf, S).
E. niger Song, 1987: 63, f. 29 (m).
E. cinnaberinus Wunderlich, 1987a: 103, f. 277-279 (f).
E. niger Zhang, 1987: 47, f. 33.1-3 (mf).
E. niger Feng, 1990: 31, f. 6.1-4 (mf).
E. niger Chen & Gao, 1990: 23, f. 25a-b (m).
E. niger Ergashev, 1990: 16, f. 1-10 (mf).
E. nigel Zhao, 1993: 61, f. 23a-c (m).
E. niger Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 52, f. 112 (mf).
E. niger Wang, 1994d: 11, f. 1-3 (m).
E. tristis Wang, 1994d: 12, f. 4-6 (m).
E. niger Danilov, 1994: 200, f. 1 (m).
E. cinnaberinus Melic, 1995b: 9, f. 2-9 (mf).
E. cinnaberinus Ratschker & Bellmann, 1995: 217, f. 1-2 (mf).
E. cinnaberinus Ratschker, 1995: 723, f. 1-2 (mf, possibly aberrant population).
E. niger Mcheidze, 1997: 47, f. 24-28 (m).
E. cinnaberinus Bellmann, 1997: 38, f. (mf).
E. cinnaberinus Roberts, 1998: 80, f. (mf).
E. cinnaberinus Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 74, f. 11L, 31A-B (m).
E. tristis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 74, f. 31C-D (m).
E. cinnaberinus Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 79, f. 35A-D (mf).
E. cinnaberinus Namkung, 2002: 62, f. 9.1a-b (mf).
E. cinnaberinus Namkung, 2003: 64, f. 9.1a-b (mf).
E. cinnaberinus Marusik, Guseinov & Aliev, 2005: 138, f. 9 (f).
E. k. Rezác, Pekár & Johannesen, 2008: 267, f. 1A-C, 2A-J, R, 3A-J, R, 4A, D, G, J, 5A, D (mf, considered the earliest identifiable name for the widespread species of this genus).

m kollari bifasciatus Ermolajev, 1937....................Russia [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005834]
E. niger b. Ermolajev, 1937b: 599, 606, f. 1 (Dm).

f kollari frontalis Latreille, 1819....................Spain [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005835]
E. niger f. Latreille, 1819: 393 (D).
E. imperialis Dufour, 1820a: 357, pl. 69, f. 2 (Df).
E. f. Walckenaer, 1837: 396 (Df).
E. f. Bacelar, 1936: 180, f. 1 (Df).

f kollari ignicomus Simon, 1914....................Corsica [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005836]
E. ruficapillus Simon, 1873d: 351, pl. 10, f. 13 (f, misidentified).
E. niger i. Simon, 1914a: 70, 71 (Df; N.B.: probably a valid species, per Rezác, Pekár & Johannesen, 2008: 275).

m kollari latefasciatus Simon, 1910....................Algeria [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005838]
E. niger l. Simon, 1910d: 297 (Dm).

f kollari tricolor Simon, 1873....................Corsica [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005839]
E. t. Simon, 1873d: 348, pl. 10, f. 10-11 (Df; N.B.: probably a valid species, per Rezác, Pekár & Johannesen, 2008: 275).
E. niger t. Simon, 1914a: 69.

m lavrosiae Mcheidze, 1997....................Georgia [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005842]
E. l. Mcheidze, 1997: 48, f. 29 (Dm).

mf moravicus Rezác, 2008....................Austria, Hungary, Czech Rep., Slovakia [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:041643]
E. ruficapillus Herman, 1879: 293 (m, misidentified).
E. cinnaberinus Thaler & Knoflach, 2002b: 425, f. 19-22 (m, misidentified).
E. m. Rezác in Rezác, Pekár & Johannesen, 2008: 274, f. 2K-Q, 3K-Q, 4B, E, H, K, 5B, E (Dmf).

f pharaonis Walckenaer, 1837....................Egypt [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005844]
E. p. Walckenaer, 1837: 396 (Df).
Erythrophora p. Simon, 1864: 3.
E. p. El-Hennawy, 2004b: 26, f. 1A-E (f).

f robustus Franganillo, 1918....................Spain [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005846]
E. r. Franganillo, 1918b: 122 (Df).

m rotundiceps Simon, 1873....................Ukraine, Turkmenistan [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005847]
E. r. Simon, 1873d: 344 (Dm).

f ruficapillus C. L. Koch, 1846....................Sicily, Croatia [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005848]
E. r. C. L. Koch, 1846: 4, f. 1080 (Df).

mf sandaliatus (Martini & Goeze, 1778)....................Europe [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005849]
Aranea sandaliata Martini & Goeze, in Lister, 1778: 287 (D).
Aranea purpurata Panzer, 1804: 47, pl. 32, f. 20 (Dm).
E. annulatus Hahn, 1821: 1, pl. B, f. 5 (Dm).
E. annulatus Hahn, 1832: 47, f. 36 (Df).
E. annulatus C. L. Koch, 1846: 14, f. 1087 (m).
Erythrophorus annulatus C. L. Koch, 1850: 71.
E. cinnaberinus Blackwall, 1861a: 46, pl. 3, f. 23 (mf, misidentified).
E. s. Ratschker & Bellmann, 1995: 217, f. 3-4 (mf, formerly treated as senior S of E. cinnaberinus but suppressed for lack of usage, now considered a separate species, S).
E. s. Bellmann, 1997: 40, f. (mf).
E. s. Roberts, 1998: 80, f. (mf).
E. s. Almquist, 2005: 41, f. 73a-c (m).
E. s. Rezác, Pekár & Johannesen, 2008: 276, f. 2S-AA, 3S-AA, 4C, F, I, L, 5C, F (mf).

m sedilloti Simon, 1881....................Portugal, Spain [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005850]
E. s. Simon, 1881c: 133 (Dm).
E. s. Bacelar, 1936: 181, f. 2-3 (m).

mf semicanus Simon, 1908....................Egypt [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005851]
E. s. Simon, 1908b: 83 (Dm).
E. s. Simon, 1910d: 294, f. 5 (m).
E. s. El-Hennawy, 2004b: 28, f. 2A-B, 3A-C, 4A-B (m, Df).

m solitarius Simon, 1873....................Mediterranean [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005852]
E. s. Simon, 1873a: 154 (Dm).
E. lautus Simon, 1873d: 156 (Dm).
E. s. Bacelar, 1936: 182, f. 4 (m).
E. s. Lehtinen, 1967: 233 (S).

mf walckenaeri Brullé, 1832....................Mediterranean [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005853]
E. walckenaer Brullé, 1832: 54, pl. 28, f. 4 (Df).
E. audouin Brullé, 1832: 54, pl. 28, f. 10 (Dm).
E. theis Brullé, 1832: 54, pl. 28, f. 11 (Df).
E. ctenizoides C. L. Koch, 1836a: 19, f. 176 (Df).
E. luridus C. L. Koch, 1836a: 20, f. 177 (Df).
E. w. Walckenaer, 1837: 398 (Dm).
E. puniceus C. L. Koch, 1837a: 102, f. 315 (Dm).
E. pruinosus C. L. Koch, 1846: 3, f. 1079 (Df).
E. siculus Lucas, 1864: 28 (Df).
Erythrophora punicea Simon, 1864: 300.
E. puniceus Simon, 1873d: 345 (Df).
E. w. Simon, 1892a: 248, f. 201 (m).
E. w. Kulczyn'ski, 1903b: 636, pl. 1, f. 2 (m).
E. w. Giltay, 1932: 12, f. 6 (m).
E. w. Brignoli, 1978o: 288, f. 10 (f).

f walckenaeri moerens C. L. Koch, 1846....................Afghanistan [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005854]
E. m. C. L. Koch, 1846: 1, f. 1078 (Df).
E. w. m. Roewer, 1962b: 13, f. 8 (f, removed from S, placed as subspecies).

G. Lehtinen, 1967: 235, type Eresus spenceri Pocock, 1900.

In synonymy:
G. depressa (Tucker, 1920, T from Eresus) = G. spenceri (Pocock, 1900) (Lehtinen, 1967: 235).
G. namaquensis (Purcell, 1908, T from Eresus) = G. spenceri (Pocock, 1900) (Lehtinen, 1967: 235).

f echinata (Purcell, 1908)....................South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005855]
Eresus echinatus Purcell, 1908: 223 (Df).
G. e. Lehtinen, 1967: 235 (Tf from Eresus).

mf fumosa (C. L. Koch, 1837)....................South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005856]
Eresus fumosus C. L. Koch, 1837a: 100, f. 314 (Df).
Eresus bubo L. Koch, 1865: 878 (Df).
Eresus bubo L. Koch, 1878a: 1028, pl. 90, f. 4 (f).
Eresus bubo Simon, 1892a: 252.
Eresus fumosus Tucker, 1920: 448, pl. 29, f. 2c, 3 (f, Dm).
G. f. Lehtinen, 1967: 235 (Tmf from Eresus).

f inornata (Pocock, 1898)....................East Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005857]
Eresus inornatus Pocock, 1898e: 433, pl. 13, f. 1 (Df).
G. i. Lehtinen, 1967: 235 (Tf from Eresus).

f purcelli (Tucker, 1920)....................South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005858]
Eresus p. Tucker, 1920: 445, pl. 29, f. 1 (Df).
G. p. Lehtinen, 1967: 235 (Tf from Eresus).

mf spenceri (Pocock, 1900) *....................South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005859]
Eresus s. Pocock, 1900e: 322 (Df).
Eresus namaquensis Purcell, 1908: 221, pl. 11, f. 9 (Df).
Eresus depressus Tucker, 1920: 445, pl. 29, f. 2 (Dmf).
G. s. Lehtinen, 1967: 235, f. 461, 463 (Tf from Eresus, Sm).

P. Lawrence, 1968: 116, type P. striatipes Lawrence, 1968.

m parva (Tucker, 1920)....................South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005860]
Adonea p. Tucker, 1920: 451, pl. 28, f. 2 (Dm).
P. p. Lawrence, 1968: 116 (Tm from Adonea).

m splendens (Lawrence, 1936)....................Botswana [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005861]
Adonea s. Lawrence, 1936: 146 (Dm).
P. s. Lawrence, 1968: 116 (Tm from Adonea).

m striatipes Lawrence, 1968 *....................Namibia [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005862]
P. s. Lawrence, 1968: 116, f. 2f, 3b (Dm).

mf variegata (Purcell, 1904)....................South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005863]
Adonea v. Purcell, 1904: 137, pl. 10, f. 7 (Df).
Adonea v. Lehtinen, 1967: 461, f. 457, 459 (f, Dm).
P. v. Lawrence, 1968: 116 (Tmf from Adonea).

f croeseri Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989....................South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005864]
P. c. Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989a: 132, f. 1, 3-5 (Df).

f planus Simon, 1902 *....................South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005865]
P. p. Simon, 1902c: 241 (Df).
P. p. Lehtinen, 1967: 462, f. 469 (f).
P. p. Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989a: 133, f. 6 (f).

m annettae Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1991....................Namibia [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005866]
S. a. Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1991: 155, f. 14, 25, 36, 65-66 (Dm).

m barnardi Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1991....................Botswana [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005867]
S. b. Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1991: 146, f. 6, 19, 30, 45-46 (Dm).

mf dorstlandica Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1991....................Namibia [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005868]
S. d. Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1991: 148, f. 9, 22, 33, 51-54 (Dmf).

mf fasciata Purcell, 1904....................Namibia, Botswana, South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005869]
S. f. Purcell, 1904: 138, pl. 10, f. 8 (Df).
S. f. Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1991: 142, f. 5, 18, 29, 41-44 (f, Dm).

m griffinae Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1991....................Namibia [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005870]
S. g. Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1991: 142, f. 4, 17, 28, 39-40 (Dm).

mf henscheli Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1991....................Namibia [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005871]
S. h. Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1991: 156, f. 15, 26, 37, 67-70 (Dmf).

mf longipedata Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1991....................Namibia, South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005872]
S. l. Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1991: 153, f. 13, 24, 35, 61-64 (Dmf).

mf louwi Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1991....................Namibia [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005873]
S. l. Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1991: 158, f. 16, 27, 38, 71-74 (Dmf).

m neseri Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1991....................Namibia [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005874]
S. n. Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1991: 148, f. 2-3, 8, 21, 32, 49-50 (Dm).

m perelegans Simon, 1906....................South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005875]
S. p. Simon, 1906b: 307 (Dm).

m roshensis Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1991....................Namibia [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005876]
S. r. Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1991: 147, f. 7, 20, 31, 47-48 (Dm).

mf schreineri Purcell, 1903 *....................Namibia, South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005877]
S. s. Purcell, 1903a: 32, pl. 1, f. 5-7 (Dmf).
S. s. Lehtinen, 1967: 461, f. 458, 462 (mf).
S. s. Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1991: 152, f. 12, 23, 34, 57-60 (mf).

m semicoccinea Simon, 1906....................South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005878]
S. s. Simon, 1906b: 307 (Dm).
S. s. Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1991: 151, f. 11, 55-56 (m).

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Magunia Lehtinen, 1967: 246, type Stegodyphus tentoriicola Purcell, 1904, by Kraus & Kraus, 1989: 167.

In synonymy:
S. affinis Tullgren, 1910 = S. lineifrons Pocock, 1898 (Kraus & Kraus, 1989: 192).
S. arenarius (Kroneberg, 1875, T from Eresus) = S. lineatus (Latreille, 1817) (Nenilin & Pestova, 1986: 1734).
S. assomptioni Berland & Millot, 1940 (m only, f = S. dufouri) = S. manicatus Simon, 1876 (Kraus & Kraus, 1989: 218).
S. canus Purcell, 1904 = S. bicolor (O. P.-Cambridge, 1869) (Kraus & Kraus, 1989: 214).
S. corallipes Simon, 1906 = S. mimosarum Pavesi, 1883 (Kraus & Kraus, 1989: 195).
S. deserticola Purcell, 1908 = S. dumicola Pocock, 1898 (Kraus & Kraus, 1989: 237, contra Lehtinen, 1967: 246).
S. filimaculatus Lawrence, 1927 = S. bicolor (O. P.-Cambridge, 1869) (Kraus & Kraus, 1989: 214).
S. lineatus deserticola Simon, 1908 = S. lineatus (Latreille, 1817) (Kraus & Kraus, 1989: 232).
S. luctuosus Simon, 1906 = S. africanus (Blackwall, 1866) (Kraus & Kraus, 1989: 180).
S. niloticus Simon, 1908 = S. dufouri (Audouin, 1826) (Kraus & Kraus, 1989: 208).
S. quadriculatus Franganillo, 1926 = S. lineatus (Latreille, 1817) (Kraus & Kraus, 1989: 232).
S. simoni Giltay, 1927 = S. mimosarum Pavesi, 1883 (Kraus & Kraus, 1989: 195).
S. socialis Pocock, 1900 = S. tibialis (O. P.-Cambridge, 1869) (Kraus & Kraus, 1989: 226).

Nomina dubia:
S. bettoni Pocock, 1898g: 517 (j, Kenya) -- Kraus & Kraus, 1989: 186.
S. duodimidiavittatus Strand, 1906b: 667, 1908m: 70, pl. 2, f. 5a (f, Ethiopia) -- Kraus & Kraus, 1989: 198.
S. tibifer Strand, 1906b: 687 (m, East Africa) -- Kraus & Kraus, 1989: 180.

mf africanus (Blackwall, 1866)....................Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005879]
Eresus a. Blackwall, 1866: 453 (Df).
S. luctuosus Simon, 1906b: 306 (Dm).
S. a. Strand, 1908m: 69.
S. a. Kraus & Kraus, 1989: 180, f. 13, 32-33, 40, 46-47, 52-53, 77-84, 260, 265 (f, Sm).

m annulipes (Lucas, 1856)....................Brazil [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005880]
Eresus a. Lucas, 1856: 21 (Dm).
S. a. Kraus & Kraus, 1992: 15, 19 (Tm from Eresus).

mf bicolor (O. P.-Cambridge, 1869)....................Southern Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005881]
Eresus b. O. P.-Cambridge, 1869c: 70, pl. 6, f. 66-69 (Dm).
S. canus Purcell, 1904: 134, pl. 10, f. 5 (Df).
S. filimaculatus Lawrence, 1927: 4, pl. 3, f. 56 (Dm).
S. b. Kraus & Kraus, 1989: 214, f. 106-107, 113, 118, 174-187 (Tm from Eresus, Sf).

mf dufouri (Audouin, 1826)....................North, West Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005882]
Eresus dufourii Audouin, 1826: 376, pl. 4, f. 12 (Df).
Eresus molitor C. L. Koch, 1846: 7, f. 1082 (Df).
Eresus semicinctus C. L. Koch, 1846: 12, f. 1086 (Dm).
S. d. Simon, 1885f: 19.
S. semicinctus Strand, 1906h: 37.
S. molitor Strand, 1908m: 69.
S. niloticus Simon, 1908b: 80 (Df).
S. d. Simon, 1910d: 287, f. 4A (m).
S. manicatus Simon, 1910d: 288, f. 4C (m only, misidentified).
S. assomptioni Berland & Millot, 1940: 159, f. 11-12 (f only).
S. d. Kraus & Kraus, 1989: 208, f. 104-105, 111-112, 126-131, 142-173 (mf, S).
S. d. Kraus & Kraus, 1990: 226, f. 3-5 (f).

mf dumicola Pocock, 1898....................Central, South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005883]
S. d. Pocock, 1898c: 201, pl. 8, f. 7 (Dmf).
S. deserticola Purcell, 1908: 217, pl. 11, f. 5 (Dmf).
S. d. Lawrence, 1927: 4, pl. 1, f. 1 (f).
Magunia d. Lehtinen, 1967: 246, f. 456 (Tmf from Stegodyphus).
S. d. Kraus & Kraus, 1989: 237, f. 31, 195-198, 211, 246-248, 251-253, 256-259, 263 (mf, S).
Magunia d. Coddington, 1990: 10, f. 19 (m).
S. d. Griswold et al., 2005: 24, f. 170D (m).

mf hildebrandti (Karsch, 1878)....................Central, East Africa, Zanzibar [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005884]
Eresus h. Karsch, 1878b: 319, pl. 8, f. 7 (Df).
S. h. Pavesi, 1897b: 180.
S. africanus Lehtinen, 1967: 265 (S, rejected).
S. h. Kraus & Kraus, 1989: 186, f. 20, 34, 41, 54-55, 85-88 (f, Dm; m of Tullgren, 1910 = S. mimosarum).

f hisarensis Arora & Monga, 1992....................India [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005885]
S. h. Arora & Monga, 1992: 139, f. 1-3 (Df; N.B.: misplaced in this genus, per Siliwal, Molur & Biswas, 2005: 2006).

mf lineatus (Latreille, 1817) *....................Europe to Tajikistan [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005886]
Eresus l. Latreille, 1817: 393 (Df).
Eresus acanthophilus Dufour, 1820d: 302, pl. 95, f. 3-4 (Dmf).
Eresus acanthophilus Walckenaer, 1837: 399, pl. 11, f. 1 (mf).
Eresus unifasciatus C. L. Koch, 1846: 5, f. 1081 (Df).
Eresus adspersus C. L. Koch, 1846: 8, f. 1083 (Df; N.B.: fuscifrons in legend).
Eresus fuscifrons C. L. Koch, 1846: 9, f. 1084 (Df; N.B.: adspersus in legend).
Eresus lituratus C. L. Koch, 1846: 11, f. 1085 (Df).
S. adspersus Simon, 1873d: 337.
S. molitor Simon, 1873d: 338.
Eresus arenarius Kroneberg, 1875: 44, pl. 5, f. 32 (Dm).
S. l. Pavesi, 1876a: 443.
S. l. Simon, 1892a: 253, f. 208.
S. lineatus deserticola Simon, 1908b: 79 (D).
S. l. Simon, 1910d: 286, f. 4A (m).
S. lineatus deserticola Simon, 1910d: 287 (Df).
S. quadriculatus Franganillo, 1925: 38 (D).
S. quadriculatus Franganillo, 1926b: 75 (D).
S. l. Bacelar, 1929: 252, f. 6-7 (mf).
S. l. Nenilin & Pestova, 1986: 1734, f. 5-6, 8 (mf, S).
S. l. Kraus & Kraus, 1989: 231, f. 1-2, 28, 202-205, 227-228, 234-242 (mf, S).
S. l. Ergashev, 1990: 44, f. 17-23 (mf).
S. l. Melic, 1995b: 11, f. 11-16 (mf).

f lineifrons Pocock, 1898....................East Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005887]
S. l. Pocock, 1898g: 516, pl. 42, f. 13 (f).
S. affinis Tullgren, 1910: 97 (Df).
S. l. Kraus & Kraus, 1989: 192, f. 89-90 (removed f from S of S. africanus, S).

mf manaus Kraus & Kraus, 1992....................Brazil [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005888]
S. m. Kraus & Kraus, 1992: 16, f. 1-8 (Dmf).

mf manicatus Simon, 1876....................North, West Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005889]
S. m. Simon, 1876d: 87 (Df).
S. m. Simon, 1908b: 79 (Dm).
S. m. Simon, 1910d: 288, f. 4C (f only, m = S. dufouri).
S. m. Berland & Millot, 1940: 158, f. 10 (mf).
S. assomptioni Berland & Millot, 1940: 159, f. 11-12 (m only).
S. m. Kraus & Kraus, 1989: 218, f. 108, 114-115, 188-194 (f, Sm).

mf mimosarum Pavesi, 1883....................Africa, Madagascar [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005890]
S. m. Pavesi, 1883: 81 (Dmf).
S. gregarius O. P.-Cambridge, 1889a: 42, pl. 2, f. 4-5 (Dmf).
S. corallipes Simon, 1906b: 305 (Dm).
S. m. Simon, 1909c: 30.
S. hildebrandti Tullgren, 1910: 95, pl. 1, f. 5 (m, misidentified).
S. m. Strand, 1913a: 329.
S. simoni Giltay, 1927: 105, f. 1-6 (Dmf).
S. m. Lehtinen, 1967: 461, f. 454 (m).
S. m. Kraus & Kraus, 1989: 195, f. 3-4, 8-12, 14-19, 37-39, 43-45, 49-51, 58-76, 96-99, 261, 266 (mf, S).
S. m. Kraus & Kraus, 1990: 226, f. 6-8 (m).

mf mirandus Pocock, 1899....................India [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005891]
S. m. Pocock, 1899d: 750 (Dmf).
S. m. Kraus & Kraus, 1989: 224, f. 207, 212-217 (mf).

mf nathistmus Kraus & Kraus, 1989....................Morocco to Aden [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005892]
S. n. Kraus & Kraus, 1989: 228, f. 29-30, 200-201, 224-226, 229-233 (Dmf).

mf pacificus Pocock, 1900....................Jordan, Iran, Pakistan, India [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005893]
S. p. Pocock, 1900a: 209 (Dmf).
S. p. Dyal, 1935: 131, pl. 11, f. 2.
S. p. Lehtinen, 1967: 461, f. 455 (m).
S. p. Kraus & Kraus, 1989: 202, f. 102, 109, 116, 119, 121-124, 132-138 (mf).

f sabulosus Tullgren, 1910....................East, Southern Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005894]
S. s. Tullgren, 1910: 97, pl. 1, f. 6 (Df).
S. s. Kraus & Kraus, 1989: 190, f. 36, 91-95 (f).

mf sarasinorum Karsch, 1891....................India, Sri Lanka, Nepal [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005895]
S. s. Karsch, 1891: 275, pl. 10, f. 4 (Df).
S. s. Pocock, 1900a: 209, f. 65 (f).
S. s. Bradoo, 1975: 239, f. 9, 11 (mf).
S. s. Tikader & Biswas, 1981: 15, f. 5-7 (f).
S. s. Wunderlich, 1986: 208, f. 199.
S. s. Kraus & Kraus, 1989: 204, f. 21-27, 103, 110, 117, 120, 125, 139-141 (mf).
S. s. Gajbe, 2007: 428, f. 16-19 (mf).

f simplicifrons Simon, 1906....................Madagascar [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005896]
S. s. Simon, 1906b: 306 (Df).
S. gregarius s. Strand, 1907o: 8.
S. gregarius s. Strand, 1908f: 457, f. C (f).
S. s. Kraus & Kraus, 1989: 194, f. 100-101 (f).

mf tentoriicola Purcell, 1904....................South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005897]
S. t. Purcell, 1904: 135, pl. 10, f. 6 (Dmf).
Magunia t. Lehtinen, 1967: 246, f. 460 (Tmf from Stegodyphus, S S. deserticola, rejected).
S. t. Kraus & Kraus, 1989: 235, f. 206, 209-210, 243-245, 249-250, 254-255, 262 (mf).

mf tibialis (O. P.-Cambridge, 1869)....................India, Myanmar, Thailand [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005898]
Eresus t. O. P.-Cambridge, 1869c: 71, pl. 6, f. 70-71 (Dm).
S. t. Simon, 1884q: 343.
S. socialis Pocock, 1900a: 209 (Df).
S. t. Kraus & Kraus, 1989: 226, f. 199, 208, 218-223 (mf, S).
S. t. Ono, 1995c: 158, f. 1-3, 22 (m).

m tingelin Kraus & Kraus, 1989....................Cameroon [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005899]
S. t. Kraus & Kraus, 1989: 193, f. 7, 35, 42, 48, 56-57 (Dm).

W. Lehtinen, 1967: 275, type W. armata Lehtinen, 1967.

m armata Lehtinen, 1967 *....................South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005900]
W. a. Lehtinen, 1967: 409, f. 470-471 (Dm).

f stilleri Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989....................South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005901]
W. s. Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989a: 134, f. 2, 7-8 (Df).