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Dresserus
Female D. colsoni
Male D. kannemeyeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Eresidae
Genus:	Dresserus Simon, 1876
Type species
D. fuscus Simon, 1876
Species
23, see text

Dresserus is a genus of African velvet spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1876.

Species

• 
  male D. colsoni
• 
  female D. laticeps
• 
  juvenile D. namaquensis

As of October 2025, this genus includes 23 species:

• Dresserus aethiopicus Simon, 1909 – Ethiopia
• Dresserus angusticeps Purcell, 1904 – South Africa
• Dresserus armatus Pocock, 1901 – Uganda
• Dresserus bilineatus Tullgren, 1910 – East Africa
• Dresserus collinus Pocock, 1900 – South Africa
• Dresserus colsoni Tucker, 1920 – South Africa
• Dresserus darlingi Pocock, 1900 – Zimbabwe
• Dresserus elongatus Tullgren, 1910 – East Africa
• Dresserus fontensis Lawrence, 1928 – Namibia
• Dresserus fuscus Simon, 1876 – East Africa, Zanzibar (type species)
• Dresserus kannemeyeri Tucker, 1920 – South Africa
• Dresserus laticeps Purcell, 1904 – South Africa
• Dresserus murinus Lawrence, 1927 – Namibia
• Dresserus namaquensis Purcell, 1908 – South Africa
• Dresserus nigellus Tucker, 1920 – South Africa
• Dresserus obscurus Pocock, 1898 – South Africa
• Dresserus olivaceus Pocock, 1900 – South Africa
• Dresserus rostratus Purcell, 1908 – Namibia
• Dresserus schreineri Tucker, 1920 – South Africa
• Dresserus schultzei Purcell, 1908 – Namibia
• Dresserus sericatus Tucker, 1920 – Namibia
• Dresserus subarmatus Tullgren, 1910 – East Africa, Botswana
• Dresserus tripartitus Lawrence, 1938 – South Africa