Habrocestum

Habrocestum
H. hongkongiense, eating an ant
male H. africanum from South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Habrocestum Simon, 1876 [1]
Type species
Habrocestum pullatum Simon, 1876 [1]
Species
See text.
Diversity
59 species

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

Species

• 
  H. togansangmai
• 
  female H. latifasciatum
• 
  male H. latifasciatum
• 
  male H. papilionaceum

As of October 2025 ^[update] , this genus includes 59 species: ^[1]

• 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 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. "Gen. Habrocestum Simon, 1876". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-08.
2. Simon, E. (1876). "Les arachnides de France". Tome troisième. Roret, Paris: 364 pp., pl. IX-XIII.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Habrocestum at iNaturalist

• Photograph of Habrocestum sp. (?) Archived 2012-02-06 at the Wayback Machine
• Photograph of H. albopunctatum ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
• Photograph of H. graecum Archived 2012-02-06 at the Wayback Machine