Helvetia

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: Helvetia
Species: H. albovittata – H. cancrimana – H. galianoae – H. humillima – H. labiata – H. rinaldiae – H. riojanensis – H. roeweri – H. santarema – H. semialba – H. stridulans
Name

Helvetia Peckham & Peckham, 1894

Type species: Helvetia santarema Peckham & Peckham, 1894
Synonyms

Deloripa Simon, 1901

Type species: Deloripa semialba Simon, 1901

References

Peckham, G. W. & E. G. Peckham. 1894: Occ. Pap. nat. Hist. Soc. Wiscons. 2: 85–156. [119]
Ruiz, G. R. S. & A. D. Brescovit. 2008. Revision of Helvetia (Araneae: Salticidae: Heliophaninae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 25: 139–147. [1]
Platnick, N. I. 2008. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History. [2]

Helvetia is a Neotropical genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). The genus name is derived from Helvetia.
Systematics

Helvetia is a small genus belonging to the subfamily Salticinae. Currently, it comprises eleven valid species.[1]

Helvetia albovittata Simon, 1901 – Paraguay, Argentina, Galapagos Islands
Helvetia cancrimana (Taczanowski, 1872) – Brazil, Argentina, French Guiana
Helvetia galianoae Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008 – Argentina
Helvetia humillima Mello-Leitão, 1943 – Brazil
Helvetia insularis (Banks, 1902) – junior synonym of Helvetia albovittata
Helvetia labiata Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008 – Brazil
Helvetia rinaldiae Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008 – Brazil
Helvetia riojanensis Galiano, 1965 – Argentina
Helvetia roeweri (Soares & Camargo, 1948)
Helvetia santarema Peckham & Peckham, 1894 – Brazil, Argentina
Helvetia semialba (Simon, 1901) – Brazil
Helvetia stridulans Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008 – Brazil
Helvetia zebrina Simon, 1901 – junior synonym of Helvetia cancrimana
Helvetia zonata Simon, 1901 – junior synonym of Helvetia cancrimana

Footnotes

Ruiz & Brescovit 2008

References

Ruiz, G.R.S & Brescovit, A.D. (2008): Revision of Helvetia (Araneae: Salticidae: Heliophaninae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 25(1): 139–147.
Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.