Holcolaetis

Taxobox
name = "Holcolaetis"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Salticidae
subfamilia = Spartaeinae
tribus = Holcolaetini
genus = "Holcolaetis"
genus_authority = Simon, 1885
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Holcolaetis
diversity = 8 species
type_species = "Holcolaetis xerampelina"
type_species_authority = Simon, 1885
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subdivision_ranks = Species
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"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.Li "et al." 2002]

pecies

* "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

References

* (2002): Rivet-like nest-building and agonistic behaviour of "Thiania bhamoensis", an iridescent jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae) from Singapore. 50(1): 143-151. [http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/50/50rbz143-151.pdf PDF]
* (2007): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.0. "American Museum of Natural History".

References

External links

* [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/holclaet/holco-ph.htm Photograph of "Holcolaetis" sp.]
* [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/holclaet/vidua-ph.htm Photograph of "H. vellerea"]