Habrocestum
| Habrocestum | |
|---|---|
| H. hongkongiense, eating an ant | |
| male H. africanum from South Africa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Habrocestum Simon, 1876[1] |
| Type species | |
| Habrocestum pullatum Simon, 1876[1]
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| Species | |
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See text. | |
| Diversity | |
| 59 species | |
Habrocestum is a genus of jumping spiders first described in 1876.[2] They mostly occur in Eurasia and Africa, though one species has been found in Australia and another on the Solomon Islands.[1]
Species
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H. togansangmai
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female H. latifasciatum
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male H. latifasciatum
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male H. papilionaceum
As of October 2025, this genus includes 59 species:[1]
- Habrocestum africanum Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009 – South Africa
- Habrocestum albimanum Simon, 1901 – South Africa
- Habrocestum albopunctatum Wesołowska & van Harten, 2002 – Yemen (Socotra)
- Habrocestum algericum Dalmas, 1920 – Algeria, Pakistan?
- Habrocestum arabicum Prószyński, 1989 – Saudi Arabia
- Habrocestum auricomum Haddad & Wesołowska, 2013 – South Africa
- Habrocestum benjamin Jose, Caleb & Sudhikumar, 2024 – India
- Habrocestum bovaei (Lucas, 1846) – Morocco, Algeria, Spain
- Habrocestum dubium Wesołowska & van Harten, 2002 – Yemen (Socotra)
- Habrocestum egaeum Metzner, 1999 – Greece (Islands, Crete), Turkey
- Habrocestum ferrugineum Wesołowska & van Harten, 2002 – Yemen (Socotra)
- Habrocestum flavimanum Simon, 1901 – South Africa
- Habrocestum formosum Wesołowska, 2000 – Zimbabwe
- Habrocestum gibbosum Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007 – Yemen
- Habrocestum graecum Dalmas, 1920 – Italy, Greece
- Habrocestum hantaneensis Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2016 – Sri Lanka
- Habrocestum hongkongiense Prószyński, 1992 – China
- Habrocestum ibericum Dalmas, 1920 – Spain
- Habrocestum ignorabile Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007 – Yemen
- Habrocestum imilchang Kadam & Tripathi, 2023 – India
- Habrocestum inquinatum Wesołowska & van Harten, 2002 – Yemen (mainland, Socotra)
- Habrocestum kerala Asima, Caleb, Babu & Prasad, 2022 – India
- Habrocestum kodigalaensis Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2016 – Sri Lanka
- Habrocestum latifasciatum (Simon, 1868) – Italy, Greece, Turkey, Libya
- Habrocestum laurae G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903 – South Africa
- Habrocestum lepidum Dalmas, 1920 – Algeria
- Habrocestum liptoni Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2020 – Sri Lanka
- Habrocestum longispinum Sankaran, Malamel, Joseph & Sebastian, 2019 – India
- Habrocestum luculentum G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903 – South Africa
- Habrocestum mookambikaense Sudhin, Sen, Caleb & Hegde, 2022 – India
- Habrocestum mozambicum Haddad, Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – Mozambique
- Habrocestum nahalit Szűts & Gavish-Regev, 2024 – Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel
- Habrocestum naivasha Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016 – Uganda, Kenya
- Habrocestum namibicum Wesołowska, 2006 – Namibia
- Habrocestum nigristernum Dalmas, 1920 – Turkey
- Habrocestum ohiyaensis Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2016 – Sri Lanka
- Habrocestum ornaticeps (Simon, 1868) – Morocco, Spain
- Habrocestum papilionaceum (L. Koch, 1867) – Greece, Turkey
- Habrocestum peckhami Rainbow, 1899 – Solomon Islands
- Habrocestum penicillatum Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia
- Habrocestum personatum Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria
- Habrocestum pullatum Simon, 1876 – France (type species)
- Habrocestum punctiventre Keyserling, 1882 – Australia (Western Australia)
- Habrocestum sahyadri Asima, Caleb & Prasad, 2024 – India
- Habrocestum sapiens (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903) – Zimbabwe, South Africa
- Habrocestum schinzi Simon, 1887 – South Africa
- Habrocestum shendurneyense Asima, Caleb, Babu & Prasad, 2022 – India
- Habrocestum shulovi Prószyński, 2000 – Turkey, Israel
- Habrocestum simoni Dalmas, 1920 – Algeria
- Habrocestum socotrense Wesołowska & van Harten, 2002 – Yemen (Socotra)
- Habrocestum speciosum Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994 – Yemen (Socotra)
- Habrocestum subdotatum Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia, East Africa
- Habrocestum subpenicillatum Caporiacco, 1941 – Ethiopia
- Habrocestum superbum Wesołowska, 2000 – Zimbabwe, South Africa
- Habrocestum swaminathan Jose, Caleb & Sudhikumar, 2024 – India
- Habrocestum tanzanicum Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania, South Africa
- Habrocestum togansangmai Kadam & Tripathi, 2023 – India
- Habrocestum verattii Caporiacco, 1936 – Libya
- Habrocestum virginale Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007 – Yemen
References
- ^ a b c d "Gen. Habrocestum Simon, 1876". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
- ^ Simon, E. (1876). "Les arachnides de France". Tome troisième. Roret, Paris: 364 pp., pl. IX-XIII.
External links
- Citizen science observations for Habrocestum at iNaturalist
- Photograph of Habrocestum sp. (?) Archived 2012-02-06 at the Wayback Machine
- Photograph of H. albopunctatum
- Photograph of H. graecum Archived 2012-02-06 at the Wayback Machine