''Dorceus'' is a
genus
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of
velvet spiders that was first described by
C. L. Koch in 1846.
Species
it contains five species:
*''
Dorceus albolunulatus''
(Simon
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* Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...
, 1876) – Algeria
*''
Dorceus fastuosus''
C. L. Koch, 1846 (
type
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* ...
) – Tunisia, Senegal, Israel
*''
Dorceus latifrons''
Simon, 1873 – Algeria, Tunisia
*''
Dorceus quadrispilotus''
Simon, 1908 – Egypt
*''
Dorceus trianguliceps''
Simon, 1911 – Tunisia
References
External links
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Araneomorphae genera
Eresidae
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