Holcolaetis
Genus of spiders
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Holcolaetis is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).
| Holcolaetis | |
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| male H. vellerea | |
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| Unknown species of Holcolaetis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Spartaeinae |
| Genus: | Holcolaetis Simon, 1886 |
| Type species | |
| Holcolaetis xerampelina Simon, 1886 | |
| Species | |
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.[1]
Species
male H. vellerea
female H. zuluensis
female H. zuluensis
As of October 2025[update], this genus includes eight species:[2]
- Holcolaetis albobarbata Simon, 1909 – West, Central Africa
- Holcolaetis clarki Wanless, 1985 – West, Central Africa
- Holcolaetis cothurnata (Gerstaecker, 1873) – Tanzania (Zanzibar)
- Holcolaetis spatulata Wawer & Wesołowska, 2025 – Ghana
- Holcolaetis strandi Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia
- Holcolaetis vellerea Simon, 1909 – Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Sao Tome, DR Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Angola, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, Yemen
- Holcolaetis xerampelina Simon, 1886 – Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe (type species)
- Holcolaetis zuluensis Lawrence, 1937 – Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa
