Heriaeus

Heriaeus is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by 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 (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 Charitonov, 1946 – Central Asia
 * Heriaeus foordi van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2013 – South Africa
 * Heriaeus graminicola (Doleschall, 1852) – Europe, Caucasus, Iran
 * Heriaeus hirtus (Latreille, 1819) (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 (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – South-eastern Europe, Turkey, Middle East, Caucasus
 * Heriaeus simoni 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 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

Nomina dubia
 * H. difficilis Strand, 1906
 * H. melanotrichus Simon, 1903