Holcolaetis
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| Unknown species of Holcolaetis | |
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| Genus: | Holcolaetis Simon, 1886
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| Holcolaetis xerampelina Simon, 1886
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| 8 species | |
Holcolaetis is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).
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, 1910 – West, Central Africa
- Holcolaetis clarki Wanless, 1985 – West, Central Africa
- Holcolaetis cothurnata (Gerstäcker, 1873) – Zanzibar
- Holcolaetis dyali Roewer, 1951 – Pakistan
- Holcolaetis strandi Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia
- Holcolaetis vellerea Simon, 1909 – West, Central Africa, Yemen
- Holcolaetis xerampelina Simon, 1886 – Central Africa
- Holcolaetis zuluensis Lawrence, 1937 – Southern 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
- ^ Li et al. 2002
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