Holcolaetis

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Holcolaetis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Spartaeinae
Genus: Holcolaetis
Simon, 1885
Species

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Holcolaetis is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (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]

[edit] 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, 1885 (Central Africa)
  • Holcolaetis zuluensis Lawrence, 1937 (Southern Africa)

[edit] References

  1. ^ 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

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