Holcolaetis
{{short description|Genus of spiders}}
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| image = Holcolaetis00.jpg
| image_caption = Unknown species of Holcolaetis
| taxon = Holcolaetis
| authority = Simon, 1886
| type_species = Holcolaetis xerampelina
| type_species_authority = Simon, 1886
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text.
}}
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
Species
- Holcolaetis albobarbata Simon, 1910 – West, Central Africa
- Holcolaetis clarki Wanless, 1985 – West, Central Africa
- Holcolaetis cothurnata (Gerstäcker, 1873) – Zanzibar
- 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
- {{aut|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. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070811094257/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/50/50rbz143-151.pdf PDF]
- {{aut|Platnick, Norman I.}} (2007): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog], version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
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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]
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Category:Taxa named by Eugène Simon
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