Habrocestum luculentum

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Cape Habrocestum Jumping Spider
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Habrocestum
Species:
H. luculentum
Binomial name
Habrocestum luculentum

Habrocestum luculentum is a species of spider in the family Salticidae. [2] It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as Cape Habrocestum jumping spider. [3]

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Distribution

Habrocestum luculentum is found in South Africa, [2] it is presently only known from two recent records, both of which are protected areas: Namaqua National Park (Northern Cape) and Anysberg Nature Reserve (Western Cape). [3]

Habitat and ecology

Habrocestum luculentum inhabits the Succulent Karoo biome at altitudes ranging from 613 to 744 m. [3]

A ground-dwelling spider collected by pitfall trapping. The type locality is situated in the Fynbos biome, so it is likely that this species occurs throughout the coastal regions and adjacent interior in the west of the country. [3]

Description

Conservation

Habrocestum luculentum is listed as Data Deficient for Taxonomic reasons by the South African National Biodiversity Institute. Although the species is protected in the Anysberg Nature Reserve and Namaqua National Park, its status remains obscure and some more sampling is needed to collect the female. [3]

Taxonomy

Habrocestum luculentum was described in 1903, with the type locality only given as Cape Colony. The species was redescribed by Wesołowska in 2012 and by Wesołowska and Haddad in 2018, and is known only from the male. [1] [4] [5]

References

  1. 1 2 Peckham, G.W.; Peckham, E.G. (1903). "New species of the family Attidae from South Africa, with notes on the distribution of the genera found in the Ethiopian region". Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. 14 (1): 173–278.
  2. 1 2 "Habrocestum luculentum G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Van der Walt, V.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2025). The Salticidae of South Africa. Part 2 (E-Ha). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 53. doi:10.5281/zenodo.15266589. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  4. ↑ Wesołowska, W. (2012). "Redescriptions of some salticid species (Araneae: Salticidae) from South Africa and Zimbabwe described by G. and E. Peckham". African Entomology. 20 (2): 325–342. doi:10.4001/003.020.0223.
  5. ↑ Wesołowska, W.; Haddad, C.R. (2018). "Further additions to the jumping spider fauna of South Africa (Araneae: Salticidae)". Annales Zoologici, Warszawa. 68 (4): 879–908. doi:10.3161/00034541ANZ2018.68.4.011.
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