''Heriaeus'' is a genus of Thomisidae, crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon, Eugène Louis Simon in 1875.

Species

it contains thirty-seven species, found in Europe, Asia, and Africa: *''Heriaeus algericus'' Loerbroks, 1983 – Algeria *''Heriaeus allenjonesi'' van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2013 – South Africa *''Heriaeus antoni'' van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2013 – Senegal, Yemen *''Heriaeus buffoni'' (Jean Victoire Audouin, Audouin, 1826) – North Africa, Israel *''Heriaeus buffonopsis'' Loerbroks, 1983 – Central Asia *''Heriaeus capillatus'' Utochkin, 1985 – Kazakhstan *''Heriaeus chareshi'' (Sen & Sureshan, 2022) – India *''Heriaeus charitonovi'' Utochkin, 1985 – Central Asia *''Heriaeus concavus'' Tang & Li, 2010 – China *''Heriaeus convexus'' Tang & Li, 2010 – China *''Heriaeus copricola'' van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2013 – South Africa *''Heriaeus crassispinus'' Lawrence, 1942 – Central, East, Southern Africa *''Heriaeus delticus'' Utochkin, 1985 – Russia (Europe) *''Heriaeus fedotovi'' Dmitry Kharitonov, Charitonov, 1946 – Central Asia *''Heriaeus foordi'' van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2013 – South Africa *''Heriaeus graminicola'' (Carl Ludwig Doleschall, Doleschall, 1852) – Europe, Caucasus, Iran *''Heriaeus hirtus'' (Latreille, 1819) (Type_species, type) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus *''Heriaeus horridus'' Tyschchenko, 1965 – Russia (Europe to West Siberia), Central Asia *''Heriaeus latifrons'' Lessert, 1919 – Tanzania *''Heriaeus madagascar'' van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2013 – Madagascar *''Heriaeus maurusius'' Loerbroks, 1983 – Morocco *''Heriaeus mellotteei'' Simon, 1886 – China, Korea, Japan *''Heriaeus muizenberg'' van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2013 – South Africa *''Heriaeus numidicus'' Loerbroks, 1983 – Morocco, Algeria *''Heriaeus oblongus'' Simon, 1918 – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe) to Central Asia *''Heriaeus orientalis'' Simon, 1918 – Greece, Turkey, Ukraine *''Heriaeus peterwebbi'' van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2013 – Namibia, South Africa *''Heriaeus pilosus'' Nosek, 1905 – Turkey *''Heriaeus setiger'' (Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – South-eastern Europe, Turkey, Middle East, Caucasus *''Heriaeus simoni'' Władysław Kulczyński, Kulczyński, 1903 – Southwest Europe, Greece, Turkey *''Heriaeus sossusvlei'' van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2013 – Namibia, South Africa *''Heriaeus spinipalpus'' Loerbroks, 1983 – Eastern Mediterranean, Caucasus, Iran, Turkmenistan *''Heriaeus transvaalicus'' Simon, 1895 – South Africa *''Heriaeus xanderi'' van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2013 – Tanzania, South Africa *''Heriaeus xinjiangensis'' Liang, Zhu & Wang, 1991 – China *''Heriaeus zanii'' van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2013 – South Africa *''Heriaeus zhalosni'' Komnenov, 2017 – Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece In Synonym_(taxonomy), synonymy: *''H. claveatus'' (Walckenaer, 1837) = ''Heriaeus hirtus'' (Latreille, 1819) *''H. fimbriatus'' Lawrence, 1942 = ''Heriaeus crassispinus'' Lawrence, 1942 *''H. kumaonensis'' (Tikader, 1980) = ''Heriaeus horridus'' Tyschchenko, 1965 *''H. propinquus'' Kulczyński, 1903 = ''Heriaeus simoni'' Kulczyński, 1903 *''H. sareptanus'' Loerbroks, 1983 = ''Heriaeus horridus'' Tyschchenko, 1965 Nomen dubium, Nomina dubia *''H. difficilis'' Strand, 1906 *''H. melanotrichus'' Simon, 1903

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