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

Habrocestum nahalit Szűts & Gavish-Regev, 2024

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Described:

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Distribution: Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026)

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Holotype: National Natural History Collections, Hebrew University, Jerusalem (HUJ), Israel m (Ar 21677) - (Finkel et al., 2024)
Paratype: National Natural History Collections, Hebrew University, Jerusalem (HUJ), Israel 7m 4f - (Finkel et al., 2024)

Taxonomic References

Habrocestum latefasciatum Prószyński, 1987: 30, 32-34 (mf, lapsus; misidentified per Finkel et al., 2024: 17)

Habrocestum latifasciatum Prószyński, 2003: 65, f. 244-249 (m; misidentified per Finkel et al., 2024: 17)

Habrocestum shulovi Logunov, 2015a: 37, f. 11-12 (f; misidentified per Finkel et al., 2024: 17)

Habrocestum nahalit Szűts & Gavish-Regev, in Finkel et al., 2024: 17, f. 16A, 17A-C, 18B-C, E-F, 19A-D, 20A-H, 21A-E (Dmf) Original description

References

Finkel, M., Ben-Asher, A., Shmula, G., Armiach Steinpress, I., Ganem, Z., Hammouri, R., Garcia, E., Szűts, T. & Gavish-Regev, E. (2024). Arachnid assemblage composition diverge between south- and north-facing slopes in a Levantine microgeographic site. Diversity 16(540): 1-40. doi: 10.3390/d16090540 -- Show included taxa

Logunov, D. V. (2015a). Taxonomic-faunistic notes on the jumping spiders of the Mediterranean (Aranei: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 24(1): 33-85. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.24.1.03 -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (1987). Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae 2. Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoly Rolniczo-Pedagogicznej, Siedlce, 172 pp. -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (2003). Salticidae (Araneae) of the Levant. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 53: 1-180. -- 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.

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value
2024-09-07	New taxonomic reference entry	Logunov, 2015a
2024-09-07	Species distribution update	Logunov, 2015a	Old value
2024-09-07	Taxonomic reference added from other taxon		Old value
2024-09-07	Taxonomic reference added from other taxon		Old value
2024-09-07	New taxonomic reference entry	Finkel et al., 2024
2024-09-07	New species inserted	Finkel et al., 2024