Holoparasitus calcaratus species-group (Witaliński & Skorupski, 2002)

Diagnosis. Female. Anterior margin of presternal plate smooth; endogynium cup-shaped with three main thorns, one smaller located anteroaxially and the two larger ones posterolaterally, additional denticles may also be present; fixed digit of chelicera with 4 or more well pronounced teeth; gv 2 in unmodified cuticle.

Male. Sternum with excipulum; gnathotectum with a central prong lobate, truncate or rounded apically, sometimes with minute denticles at the apex, lateral prongs present; fixed digit of chelicera with a row of minute denticles or toothless, movable digit with several teeth.

Included species:

1. H. calcaratus (Koch, 1839) 2. H. excipuliger (Berlese, 1906)

3. H. kerkirensis Witaliński & Skorupski, 2002 4. H. paradisiacus Witaliński & Skorupski, 2003b 5. H. pollicipatus (Berlese, 1903)

6. H. pseudoperforatus (Berlese, 1906) 7. H. rotulifer (Willmann, 1940)