Holcolaetis

Holcolaetis is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).

Holcolaetis
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
See text.

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

• Holcolaetis albobarbata Simon, 1910 – West, Central Africa
• Holcolaetis clarki Wanless, 1985 – West, Central Africa
• Holcolaetis cothurnata (Gerstäcker, 1873) – Zanzibar
• Holcolaetis strandi Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia
• Holcolaetis vellerea Simon, 1909 – West, Central Africa, Yemen
• Holcolaetis xerampelina Simon, 1886 – Central Africa
• Holcolaetis zuluensis Lawrence, 1937 – Southern Africa