Habrocestoides Proszynski, 1992

Peng Xian-jin & Xie Li-ping, 1995, Spiders of the genus Habrocestoides from China (Araneae: Salticidae), Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 10, pp. 57-64 : 57

Genus Habrocestoides Proszynski, 1992

Habrocestoides Proszynski, 1992 b: 174.

Type species: Habrocestoides bengalensis Proszynski, 1992 .

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Description: Small spiders (length less than 5.0). Cephalothorax highest between eyes III and fovea, eye field and thorax sloping, eyes III equal to or slightly narrower than eyes I. Leg I shorter or longer than IV in male, shorter than IV in female. Palpal organ in ventral view with bulbus divided diagonally into narrower anterior part with sperm duct and broader posterior part, the latter narrowing posteriorly; embolus short, usually slightly bent; one or two tibial apophyses. Epigyne with a pair of depressions, copulatory openings facing laterally; epigyne of most species with posterior plate widened medially and with a characteristic round internal structure, copulatory canals arranged transversely; but Habrocestoides dactyloides Xie et al., 1993 has epigyne with a bell-shaped hood, and copulatory canals arranged longitudinally. Accessory glands clearly visible.