Holcolaetis

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.

Species

, this genus includes eight species:

• Holcolaetis albobarbata <small>Simon, 1909</small> – West, Central Africa
• Holcolaetis clarki <small>Wanless, 1985</small> – West, Central Africa
• Holcolaetis cothurnata <small>(Gerstaecker, 1873)</small> – Tanzania (Zanzibar)
• Holcolaetis spatulata <small>Wawer & Wesołowska, 2025</small> – Ghana
• Holcolaetis strandi <small>Caporiacco, 1940</small> – Ethiopia
• Holcolaetis vellerea <small>Simon, 1909</small> – Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Sao Tome, DR Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Angola, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, Yemen
• Holcolaetis xerampelina <small>Simon, 1886</small> – Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe (type species)
• Holcolaetis zuluensis <small>Lawrence, 1937</small> – Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, South 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. PDF

External links

• Photograph of Holcolaetis sp.
• Photograph of H. vellerea