Holcolaetis Simon, 1886

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Genus Holcolaetis Simon, 1886

This is a small Afrotropical genus of eight described species (Platnick 2009), confined to the Afrotropical region except for the single species H. dyali Roewer, 1951 , known from Pakistan (Lahor: Gol Bagh; see Dyal 1935).According to Wanless (1985: 255), the record by Dyal (1935: 222, sub H. vidua Lessert, 1927 ) was based on misidentification. Yet the taxonomic status and validity of the species name H. dyali remain obscure and require further attention. The genus Holcolaetis was included in the Spartaeinae by Rodrigo and Jackson (1992).