World Spider Catalog

Genus: Habrocestum Simon, 1876 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Habrocestum superbum Wesołowska, 2000

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033590

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Described:

Distribution: Zimbabwe, South Africa

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026) | Salticidae Database Prószyński (2025) | GBIF

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: California Academy of Sciences (CAS), San Francisco, USA m - (Wesołowska, 2000a)
Allotype: California Academy of Sciences (CAS), San Francisco, USA f - (Wesołowska, 2000a)
Paratype: California Academy of Sciences (CAS), San Francisco, USA 7m 5f - (Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025b)

Taxonomic References

Habrocestum superbum Wesołowska, 2000a: 151, f. 16-22 (Dmf) Original description

Habrocestum superbum Wesołowska & Cumming, 2011: 78, f. 8-10, 94 (mf)

Habrocestum superbum Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025b: 55, f. 1-3 (m)

References

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Van der Walt, V., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2025b). The Salticidae of South Africa. Part 2 (E-Ha). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 65 pp. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.15266589 -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. (2000a). New and little known species of jumping spiders from Zimbabwe (Araneae: Salticidae). Arnoldia Zimbabwe 10: 145-174. -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. & Cumming, M. S. (2011). New species and records of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) from Sengwa Wildlife Research Area in Zimbabwe. Journal of Afrotropical Zoology 7: 75-104. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Metzner, H. (2026). Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Online at https://www.jumping-spiders.com.

Prószyński, J. (2025). Salticidae (Araneae) Genera of the World "a management tool for developing a new system of Salticidae" - a scrollable e-Textbook. Version December 20th, 2025, online at http://www.salticidae.pl.

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-04-24	New taxonomic reference entry	Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025b
2025-04-24	Species distribution update	Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025b	Old value