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)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Prószyński 1987)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Denis 1937b)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 
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
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 (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (31.10.2024) doi: 10.24436/2