Habrocestum is a genus of jumping spiders first described in 1876. They mostly occur in Eurasia and Africa, though one species has been found in Australia and another on the Solomon Islands.
Species
, this genus includes 59 species:
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 mboki Wesołowska, Russell-Smith & Danflous, 2026 – Central African Republic 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
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Photograph of Habrocestum sp. (?) Photograph of H. albopunctatum Photograph of H. graecum