Biology:Habrocestum

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Habrocestum is a genus of jumping spiders first described in 1876.[1] They mostly occur in Eurasia and Africa, though one species has been found in Australia and another on the Solomon Islands.[2]

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes 59 species:[2]

  • 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, 2024India
  • 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

  1. Simon, E. (1876). "Les arachnides de France". Tome troisième (Roret, Paris): 364 pp., pl. IX-XIII. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Gen. Habrocestum Simon, 1876". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2674. Retrieved 2025-10-08. 

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