Habrocestum bovaei (Lucas, 1846)
Description
Male
Prosoma black, without spots or white lines on dark ground, posterior sides white and bordered by a straight line. Face red, small red spot behind third eye row. Opisthosoma with distinct design.
Female
Prosoma dark red-brown, pars cephalica more blackish. Sternum pale yellow. Opisthosoma yellow, dorsally pale brown with a semicircular, pale strip anteriorly, with two pairs of pale round spots in anterior half, two pale accents between the posterior spots followed by three small horizontal lines.
Body length female: 6 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Lecigne 2012)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Lecigne 2012)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Prószyński 1987)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Prószyński 1987)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Martín & Adame 2024)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Prószyński 1987)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Denis 1937b)
Distribution List
References
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Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Denis J (1937b) On a collection of spiders from Algeria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 106: 1027-1060
Lecigne S (2012) Inventaire aranéologique (Arachnida, Araneae) dans la ville d’Estepona (Malaga, Espagne). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 21: 161-167
Martín D F, Adame F R (2024) Nuevas adiciones a la fauna aracnológica de Andalucía. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 45: 150-166
Prószyński J (1987) Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae 2. Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoly Rolniczo-Pedagogicznej, Siedlcach, 172 pp.
Simon E (1909) Etude sur les arachnides recueillis au Maroc par M. Martinez de la Escalera en 1907. Memorias de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (6) 1: 5-43
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2