Heliophanus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Sectio: Dionycha
Superfamilia: Salticoidea

Familia: Salticidae
Subfamilia: Heliophaninae
Genus: Heliophanus
Species: H. abditus – H. aberdarensis – H. activus – H. acutissimus – H. aeneus – H. aethiopicus – H. africanus – H. agricola – H. agricoloides – H. alienus – H. anymphos – H. apiatus – H. auratus – H. aviculus – H. baicalensis – H. bellus – H. berlandi – H. bisulcus – H. bolensis – H. brevis – H. butemboensis – H. camtschadalicus – H. canariensis – H. capensis – H. capicola – H. cassinicola – H. charlesi – H. chikangawanus – H. chovdensis – H. claviger – H. congolensis – H. conspicuus – H. creticus – H. crudeni – H. cupreus – H. curvidens – H. cuspidatus – H. dampfi – H. deamatus – H. debilis – H. decempunctatus – H. decoratus – H. deformis – H. demonstrativus – H. deserticola – H. difficilis – H. dubius – H. dunini – H. dux – H. eccentricus – H. edentulus – H. encifer – H. equester – H. erythropleurus – H. eucharis – H. falcatus – H. fascinatus – H. feltoni – H. flavipes – H. forcipifer – H. fuerteventurae – H. furvus – H. giltayi – H. gladiator – H. glaucus – H. gloriosus – H. hamifer – H. harpago – H. hastatus – H. haymozi – H. heurtaultae – H. horrifer – H. ibericus – H. imerinensis – H. imperator – H. improcerus – H. innominatus – H. insperatus – H. iranus – H. japonicus – H. kankanensis – H. kenyaensis – H. kilimanjaroensis – H. kochii – H. koktas – H. konradthaleri – H. kovacsi – H. lawrencei – H. lesserti – H. leucopes – H. lineiventris – H. macentensis – H. machaerodus – H. maculatus – H. malus – H. maluti – H. maralal – H. marshalli – H. mauricianus – H. megae – H. melinus – H. menemeriformis – H. minor – H. minutissimus – H. mirabilis – H. modicus – H. montanus – H. mordax – H. mucronatus – H. nanus – H. nobilis – H. ochrichelis – H. orchesta – H. orchestioides – H. papyri – H. parvus – H. patagiatus – H. patellaris – H. paulus – H. pauper – H. peckhami – H. pistaciae – H. portentosus – H. potanini – H. pratti – H. proszynskii – H. pygmaeus – H. ramosus – H. redimitus – H. robustus – H. rufithorax – H. rutrosus – H. saudis – H. semirasus – H. similior – H. simplex – H. sinaicus – H. sororius – H. splendidus – H. stylifer – H. tenuitas – H. termitophagus – H. transvaalicus – H. transversus – H. trepidus – H. tribulosus – H. tristis – H. turanicus – H. undecimmaculatus – H. ussuricus – H. uvirensis – H. validus – H. variabilis – H. verus – H. villosus – H. wesolowskae – H. wulingensis – H. xanthopes – H. xerxesi
Nomina dubia

Heliophanus anomalus Caporiacco, 1947d: 231 (j, East Africa) -- Wesołowska, 1986: 232.
Heliophanus didieri Simon, 1904c: 447, f. 3-4 (m, Ethiopia) -- Wesołowska, 1986: 232.
Heliophanus dilutus Denis, 1937b: 1053, pl. 5, f. 3 (f, Algeria) -- Wesołowska, 1986: 232.
Heliophanus dubourgi Simon, 1904c: 445, f. 1-2 (m, Ethiopia) -- Wesołowska, 1986: 232.
Heliophanus flavimaxillis Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 334, pl. 9, f. 15 (j, Japan) -- Wesołowska, 1986: 232, removed from nomen dubium by Ono & Ogata, 2018: 641, but not commenting that the type is juvenile.
Heliophanus furcillatus Simon, 1868b: 696 (mf, Corfu, Sicily) -- Wesołowska, 1986: 232.
Heliophanus kashmiricus Caporiacco, 1935b: 201 (j, Kashmir) -- Wesołowska, 1986: 232.
Heliophanus minutissimus Simon, 1871: 352 (f, Ukraine) -- Wesołowska, 1986: 232, Mikhailov, 1996: 132; Rakov & Logunov, 1997a: 102.
Heliophanus moestus (Lucas, 1846: 174, pl. 9, f. 2, f, Algeria, originally in Salticus, T here by Simon, 1876a: 165) -- Wesołowska, 1986: 232.
Heliophanus muscorum (Walckenaer, 1802: 238, originally in Attus) -- Wesołowska, 1986: 210.
Heliophanus nitidus (Lucas, 1849: 173, pl. 9, f. 10, f, Algeria, originally in Salticus, T here by Simon, 1876a: 165) -- Wesołowska, 1986: 233.
Heliophanus niveiventris Simon, 1889l: 374 (f, Turkmenistan) -- Wesołowska, 1986: 233, Mikhailov, 1996: 132; Rakov & Logunov, 1997a: 102.
Heliophanus nossibeensis Strand, 1907d: 746 (mf,Madagascar) -- Wesołowska, 1986: 233.
Heliophanus recurvus Simon, 1868b: 679, 1876a: 150, pl. 10, f. 3 (m, Switzerland, Sardinia) -- Wesołowska, 1986: 233.
Heliophanus riedeli Schmidt, 1971: 389, f. 1 (f, erroneously cited as "1959" in text, labelled "n.sp." in legend, Cameroon) -- Wesołowska, 1986: 233.
Heliophanus ritteri (Scopoli, 1763: 402, originally in Aranea) -- Harm, 1971: 60.
Heliophanus soudanicus Berland & Millot, 1941: 324, f. 27 (m, Sudan) -- Wesołowska, 1986: 233.
Heliophanus tessalensis Strand, 1906b: 662 (f, Ethiopia) -- Wesołowska, 1986: 233.
Heliophanus uncinatus Simon, 1868b: 691, pl. 7, f. 11 (mf, Switzerland, Greece) -- Wesołowska, 1986: 233.
Heliophanus viridimanus (Doleschall, 1852: 645, m, Austria, originally in Attus) [1] -- Breitling et al., 2016b: 62.
Heliophanus vittatus Denis, 1958b: 106, f. 35 (f, Afghanistan) -- Wesołowska, 1986: 233.

Name

Heliophanus Koch, 1833

Type species: Aranea cuprea Charles Athanase Walckenaer, 1802)
Synonyms

Trapezocephalus Berland & Millot, 1941

References
Primary references
Additional references

Azarkina, G.N. & Zamani, A. 2020. The first description of the female of Heliophanus xerxesi Logunov, 2009 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Iran. Revue suisse de Zoologie 127(1) : 21-25. DOI: 10.35929/RSZ.0003. Open access. Reference page.
Berland, L. & Millot. J. 1941. Les araignées de l’Afrique occidentale française. I. Les salticidés. Mémoires du Musée d’Histoire naturelle 12: 297–424. Internet Archive Reference page.
Logunov, D.V. 2009a. New and poorly known species of Salticidae (Araneae) from Turkey and Iran. Contributions to Natural History 12: 899-919. Reference page.
Wesołowska, W. 1986: A revision of the genus Heliophanus C.L. Koch, 1833 (Aranei: Salticidae). Annales Zoologici 40: 1-254. Reference page.
Wesołowska, W. 2003. New data on African Heliophanus species with descriptions of new species (Araneae: Salticidae). Genus 14(2): 249-294. Reference page.
Wesołowska W., 2011: New species and new records of jumping spiders from Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe (Araneae: Salticidae). Genus 22 (2): 307–346. Full article: [2].

Links

Platnick, N. I. 2008. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History. [3]

Vernacular names
English: Heliophanus

Heliophanus is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Most of the almost 170 described species occur in Africa, with many others found in the Palearctic region from Europe to Japan.[1]
Species
Heliophanus sp.
Heliophanus flavipes, female
Heliophanus sp.
Heliophanus tribulosus, female
Heliophanus camtschadalicus spider, male
Heliophanus sp.
Heliophanus sp.

As of August 2023, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

Heliophanus abditus Wesołowska, 1986 – Syria
Heliophanus aberdarensis Wesołowska, 1986 – Kenya
Heliophanus activus (Blackwall, 1877) – Seychelles
Heliophanus acutissimus Wesołowska, 1986 – Algeria
Heliophanus aeneus (Hahn, 1832) – Palearctic
Heliophanus aethiopicus Wesołowska, 2003 – Ethiopia
Heliophanus africanus Wesołowska, 1986 – South Africa
Heliophanus agricola Wesołowska, 1986 – Algeria, Spain
Heliophanus agricoloides Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Islands
Heliophanus alienus Wesołowska, 1986 – Cameroon
Heliophanus anymphos Wesołowska, 2003 – Kenya
Heliophanus apiatus Simon, 1868 – Spain to Italy
Heliophanus auratus C. L. Koch, 1835 – Palearctic
Heliophanus aviculus Berland & Millot, 1941 – Central, West Africa
Heliophanus baicalensis Kulczynski, 1895 – Russia, Mongolia, China
Heliophanus bellus Wesołowska, 1986 – South Africa
Heliophanus berlandi Lawrence, 1937 – South Africa
Heliophanus bisulcus Wesołowska, 1986 – South Africa
Heliophanus bolensis Wesołowska, 2003 – Ethiopia
Heliophanus brevis Wesołowska, 2003 – Ethiopia
Heliophanus butemboensis Wesołowska, 1986 – Congo, Rwanda
Heliophanus camtschadalicus Kulczynski, 1885 – Sweden, Russia
Heliophanus canariensis Wesołowska, 1986 – Canary Islands
Heliophanus capensis Wesołowska, 1986 – South Africa
Heliophanus capicola Simon, 1901 – South Africa
Heliophanus cassinicola Simon, 1909 – West, Central, East Africa
Heliophanus charlesi Wesołowska, 2003 – South Africa
Heliophanus chikangawanus Wesołowska, 1986 – Angola, Malawi
Heliophanus chovdensis Prószynski, 1982 – Kazakhstan to Mongolia
Heliophanus claviger Simon, 1901 – South Africa
Heliophanus comorensis Dierkens, 2012 – Comoros, Mayotte
Heliophanus congolensis Giltay, 1935 – Congo to São Tomé
Heliophanus conspicuus Wesołowska, 1986 – Algeria
Heliophanus creticus Giltay, 1932 – Crete
Heliophanus crudeni Lessert, 1925 – Tanzania
Heliophanus cupreus (Walckenaer, 1802) – Palearctic
Heliophanus curvidens (O. P-Cambridge, 1872) – Israel to China
Heliophanus cuspidatus Xiao, 2000 – China
Heliophanus dampfi Schenkel, 1923 – Europe, Russia
Heliophanus deamatus Peckham & Peckham, 1903 – Central, Southern Africa
Heliophanus debilis Simon, 1901 – Central, East, Southern Africa
Heliophanus decempunctatus (Caporiacco, 1941) – Ethiopia
Heliophanus decoratus L. Koch, 1875 – North Africa, Israel
Heliophanus deformis Wesołowska, 1986 – Angola
Heliophanus demonstrativus Wesołowska, 1986 – East, Southern Africa
Heliophanus deserticola Simon, 1901 – South Africa
Heliophanus designatus (Peckham & Peckham, 1903) – South Africa
Heliophanus difficilis Wesołowska, 1986 – Congo
Heliophanus dubius C. L. Koch, 1835 – Palearctic
Heliophanus dunini Rakov & Logunov, 1997 – Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan
Heliophanus dux Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994 – Yemen
Heliophanus edentulus Simon, 1871 – Mediterranean
Heliophanus encifer Simon, 1871 – Mediterranean
Heliophanus equester L. Koch, 1867 – Italy to Azerbaijan
Heliophanus erythropleurus Kulczynski, 1901 – Ethiopia
Heliophanus eucharis Simon, 1887 – Ivory Coast
Heliophanus excentricus Ledoux, 2007 – Comoros, Mayotte, Réunion
Heliophanus falcatus Wesołowska, 1986 – Congo, Angola
Heliophanus fascinatus Wesołowska, 1986 – Sudan to Botswana
Heliophanus feltoni Logunov, 2009 – Turkey
Heliophanus flavipes (Hahn, 1832) – Palearctic
Heliophanus forcipifer Kulczynski, 1895 – Central Asia
Heliophanus fuerteventurae Schmidt & Krause, 1996 – Canary Islands
Heliophanus furvus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2014 – Lesotho
Heliophanus giltayi Lessert, 1933 – Kenya to Angola
Heliophanus gladiator Wesołowska, 1986 – Kenya, Malawi
Heliophanus glaucus Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895 – Egypt, Libya
Heliophanus gloriosus Wesołowska, 1986 – Angola, Botswana
Heliophanus gramineus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013 – South Africa
Heliophanus hamifer Simon, 1886 – Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Seychelles
Heliophanus harpago Simon, 1910 – Central, West Africa
Heliophanus hastatus Wesołowska, 1986 – South Africa
Heliophanus haymozi Logunov, 2015 – Portugal, Spain
Heliophanus heurtaultae Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002 – Guinea
Heliophanus horrifer Wesołowska, 1986 – South Africa
Heliophanus ibericus Wesołowska, 1986 – Spain
Heliophanus imerinensis Simon, 1901 – Madagascar
Heliophanus imperator Wesołowska, 1986 – Kenya, Malawi
Heliophanus improcerus Wesołowska, 1986 – Congo
Heliophanus infaustus (Peckham & Peckham, 1903) – East Africa, Zimbabwe
Heliophanus innominatus Wesołowska, 1986 – Madagascar
Heliophanus insperatus Wesołowska, 1986 – Angola, Zimbabwe, South Africa
Heliophanus inversus Barrientos & Febrer, 2018 – Spain (Menorca)
Heliophanus iranus Wesołowska, 1986 – Iran
Heliophanus jacksoni Wesołowska, 2011 – Kenya
Heliophanus japonicus Kishida, 1910 – Japan
Heliophanus kankanensis Berland & Millot, 1941 – Central, West Africa
Heliophanus kavar Logunov, 2023 – Iran
Heliophanus kenyaensis Wesołowska, 1986 – Central Africa
Heliophanus kilimanjaroensis Wesołowska, 1986 – Tanzania
Heliophanus kittenbergeri (Caporiacco, 1947) – Tanzania
Heliophanus kochii Simon, 1868 – Palearctic
Heliophanus koktas Logunov, 1992 – Kazakhstan
Heliophanus konradthaleri Logunov, 2009 – Turkey
Heliophanus kovacsi Wesołowska, 2003 – Ethiopia
Heliophanus lawrencei Wesołowska, 1986 – Congo, Angola
Heliophanus lesserti Wesołowska, 1986 – Central, Southern Africa
Heliophanus leucopes Wesołowska, 2003 – Ethiopia
Heliophanus lineiventris Simon, 1868 – Palearctic
Heliophanus macentensis Berland & Millot, 1941 – Ivory Coast to Kenya
Heliophanus machaerodus Simon, 1909 – North Africa
Heliophanus maculatus Karsch, 1878 – New South Wales
Heliophanus malus Wesołowska, 1986 – Syria, Israel
Heliophanus maluti Wesołowska & Haddad, 2014 – Lesotho
Heliophanus maralal Wesołowska, 2003 – Kenya
Heliophanus marshalli Peckham & Peckham, 1903 – South Africa
Heliophanus mauricianus Simon, 1901 – Mauritius, Réunion
Heliophanus mediocinctus Kulczyński, 1898 – Austria
Heliophanus megae Wesołowska, 2003 – Zimbabwe
Heliophanus melinus L. Koch, 1867 – Palearctic
Heliophanus menemeriformis Strand, 1907 – Tanzania
Heliophanus minimus Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 – Ivory Coast
Heliophanus minor Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016 – Kenya
Heliophanus minutissimus (Caporiacco, 1941) – Ethiopia
Heliophanus mirabilis Wesołowska, 1986 – South Africa
Heliophanus modicus Peckham & Peckham, 1903 – South Africa, Madagascar
Heliophanus montanus Wesołowska, 2006 – Namibia
Heliophanus mordax (O. P.-Cambridge, 1872) – Greece to Central Asia
Heliophanus mucronatus Simon, 1901 – Madagascar
Heliophanus nanus Wesołowska, 2003 – South Africa
Heliophanus ndumoensis Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013 – South Africa
Heliophanus nobilis Wesołowska, 1986 – Congo
Heliophanus ochrichelis Strand, 1907 – Tanzania
Heliophanus orchesta Simon, 1886 – Central, South Africa, Madagascar
Heliophanus papyri Wesołowska, 2003 – Ethiopia
Heliophanus parvus Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994 – Socotra
Heliophanus patagiatus Thorell, 1875 – Palearctic
Heliophanus patellaris Simon, 1901 – South Africa
Heliophanus paulus Wesołowska, 1986 – Botswana
Heliophanus pauper Wesołowska, 1986 – Ethiopia, Zambia, Kenya, Zimbabwe
Heliophanus peckhami Simon, 1902 – South Africa
Heliophanus pistaciae Wesołowska, 2003 – Zimbabwe, South Africa
Heliophanus portentosus Wesołowska, 1986 – South Africa
Heliophanus potanini Schenkel, 1963 – Afghanistan, Central Asia, Mongolia, China
Heliophanus pratti Peckham & Peckham, 1903 – Namibia, South Africa
Heliophanus proszynskii Wesołowska, 2003 – South Africa
Heliophanus pygmaeus Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Senegal, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
Heliophanus ramosus Wesołowska, 1986 – Algeria, Spain
Heliophanus redimitus Simon, 1910 – South Africa
Heliophanus robustus Berland & Millot, 1941 – Ivory Coast, Congo
Heliophanus rufithorax Simon, 1868 – Southern Europe to Central Asia
Heliophanus rutrosus Wesołowska, 2003 – Ethiopia
Heliophanus saudis Prószynski, 1989 – Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Heliophanus semirasus Lawrence, 1928 – Namibia
Heliophanus similior Ledoux, 2007 – Réunion
Heliophanus simplex Simon, 1868 – Palearctic
Heliophanus sinaicus Logunov, 2015 – Egypt
Heliophanus sororius Wesołowska, 2003 – South Africa
Heliophanus splendidus Wesołowska, 2003 – Congo
Heliophanus stylifer Simon, 1878 – Morocco, Algeria
Heliophanus tenuitas Wesołowska, 2011 – Zimbabwe
Heliophanus termitophagus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2002 – South Africa
Heliophanus thaleri Wesołowska, 2009 – South Africa
Heliophanus transvaalicus Simon, 1901 – South Africa
Heliophanus transversus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2014 – Lesotho
Heliophanus trepidus Simon, 1910 – Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa
Heliophanus tribulosus Simon, 1868 – Europe to Kazakhstan
Heliophanus tristis Wesołowska, 2003 – Ethiopia
Heliophanus turanicus Charitonov, 1969 – Central Asia
Heliophanus undecimmaculatus Caporiacco, 1941 – East Africa
Heliophanus ussuricus Kulczynski, 1895 – Russia, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan
Heliophanus uvirensis Wesołowska, 1986 – Congo
Heliophanus validus Wesołowska, 1986 – Kenya
Heliophanus variabilis (Vinson, 1863) – Reunion
Heliophanus verus Wesołowska, 1986 – Iran, Azerbaijan
Heliophanus wesolowskae Rakov & Logunov, 1997 – Central Asia
Heliophanus wulingensis Peng & Xie, 1996 – China
Heliophanus xanthopes Wesołowska, 2003 – Ethiopia
Heliophanus xerxesi Logunov, 2009 – Iran

References

"Gen. Heliophanus C.L. Koch, 1833", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 20 August 2023