title: Dorceus
text: # Dorceus
  
  Dorceus is a genus of velvet spiders that was first described by C. L. Koch in 1846.
  
  ## Species
  
  As of May 2019 it contains five species:
  
  * Dorceus albolunulatus (Simon, 1876) – Algeria
  * Dorceus fastuosus C. L. Koch, 1846 (type) – Tunisia, Senegal, Israel
  * Dorceus latifrons Simon, 1873 – Algeria, Tunisia
  * Dorceus quadrispilotus Simon, 1908 – Egypt
  * Dorceus trianguliceps Simon, 1911 – Tunisia
  