Salticidae  Blackwall, 1841 / Habrocestum  Simon, 1876   15 species

Habrocestum shulovi Prószyński, 2000

Description
Male

Prosoma red-brown, densely covered with brownish hairs, anterior part with white longitudinal stripe. Prosoma length: 2.70 mm. Clypeus orange, with sparse whitish hairs. Sternum yellow, covered with white hairs, Chelicerae red-brown. Legs yellow, femur I, patella I and tibia I with black ventral longitudinal stripe. Opisthosoma: dorsum brownish grey, anterior part with a wide white transverse band, rear half with a large white triangular spot, sides and venter yellow, tinged with grey. Spinnerets grey.

Female

Colouration as in males, except: white longitudinal stripe on prosoma absent. Clypeus yellow, covered with white hairs. Palps and leg I completely yellow. Opisthosoma: dorsal transverse band and triangular spot pale yellow, poorly marked. Prosoma length: 3.35 mm.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Turkey, Israel
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Turkey (Asia)   (Logunov, 2015; Danışman et al., 2025a) |||
References

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info pdf

Logunov D V (2015) Taxonomic-faunistic notes on the jumping spiders of the Mediterranean (Aranei: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 24: 33-85 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
07-11-2025 Distribution update Detail
07-09-2024 Distribution update Detail
16-07-2015 Image insert
16-07-2015 Distribution update Detail