Holcolaetis

Holcolaetis is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).

Holcolaetis
Unknown species of Holcolaetis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Spartaeinae
Genus: Holcolaetis
Simon, 1886
Type species
Holcolaetis xerampelina
Simon, 1886
Species

See text.

Like Euryattus and Thiania bhamoensis, these spiders build a flat, densely woven egg sac that is not contiguous with the silk of the nest. Holcolaetis posits the egg sac on the trunks of trees.[1]

Species

  • Holcolaetis albobarbata Simon, 1910West, Central Africa
  • Holcolaetis clarki Wanless, 1985 – West, Central Africa
  • Holcolaetis cothurnata (Gerstäcker, 1873)Zanzibar
  • Holcolaetis dyali Roewer, 1951Pakistan
  • Holcolaetis strandi Caporiacco, 1940Ethiopia
  • Holcolaetis vellerea Simon, 1909 – West, Central Africa, Yemen
  • Holcolaetis xerampelina Simon, 1886 – Central Africa
  • Holcolaetis zuluensis Lawrence, 1937Southern Africa

References

  • Li, D.; Yik, S.H. & Seah, W.K. (2002): Rivet-like nest-building and agonistic behaviour of Thiania bhamoensis, an iridescent jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae) from Singapore. 50(1): 143-151. PDF
  • Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
Notes
  1. Li et al. 2002


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