Heliophanus
Encyclopedia
Heliophanus is a genus
of the spider
family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Most of the almost 150 described species occur in Africa
, with many others found in the Palearctic
region from Europe to Japan
.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of the spider
Spider
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...
family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Most of the almost 150 described species occur in Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
, with many others found in the Palearctic
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is one of the eight ecozones dividing the Earth's surface.Physically, the Palearctic is the largest ecozone...
region from Europe to Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
.
Species
- Heliophanus abditus Wesolowska, 1986 — SyriaSyriaSyria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
- Heliophanus aberdarensis Wesolowska, 1986 — KenyaKenyaKenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
- Heliophanus activus (BlackwallJohn BlackwallJohn Blackwall was a British naturalist.Blackwall lived at Hendre House near Llanrwst in north Wales from 1833 until his death...
, 1877) — SeychellesSeychellesSeychelles , officially the Republic of Seychelles , is an island country spanning an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar.... - Heliophanus acutissimus Wesolowska, 1986 — AlgeriaAlgeriaAlgeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
- Heliophanus aeneus (HahnCarl Wilhelm HahnDr. Carl Wilhelm Hahn was a German zoologist and author of the first German monograph on spiders. C. W. Hahn was an all-round natural scientist – not at all unusual for his time. Surprisingly he seems to have been almost forgotten...
, 1832) — PalearcticPalearcticThe Palearctic or Palaearctic is one of the eight ecozones dividing the Earth's surface.Physically, the Palearctic is the largest ecozone... - Heliophanus aethiopicus Wesolowska, 2003 — EthiopiaEthiopiaEthiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
- Heliophanus africanus Wesolowska, 1986 — South AfricaSouth AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
- Heliophanus agricola Wesolowska, 1986 — AlgeriaAlgeriaAlgeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
, Spain - Heliophanus agricoloides Wunderlich, 1987 — Canary IslandsCanary IslandsThe Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union...
- Heliophanus alienus Wesolowska, 1986 — CameroonCameroonCameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...
- Heliophanus anymphos Wesolowska, 2003 — Kenya
- Heliophanus apiatus SimonEugène SimonEugène Simon was a French arachnologist. His many taxonomic contributions include categorizing and naming many spiders, as well as creating genera such as Anelosimus, Psellocoptus and Phlogius....
, 1868 — Spain to ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... - Heliophanus auratus C. L. KochCarl Ludwig KochCarl Ludwig Koch was a German entomologist and arachnologist. He was responsible for classifying a great number of spiders, including the Brazilian whiteknee tarantula and Common house spider. He was born in Kusel, Germany and died in Nuremberg, Germany.Carl Ludwig Koch was an inspector of water...
, 1835 — Palearctic- Heliophanus auratus mediocinctus Kulczynski, 1898 — AustriaAustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
- Heliophanus auratus mediocinctus Kulczynski, 1898 — Austria
- Heliophanus aviculus BerlandLucien BerlandLucien Berland was a French entomologist and an arachnologist- Partial list of publications :* 1925 : Faune de France...
& Millot, 1941 — CentralCentral AfricaCentral Africa is a core region of the African continent which includes Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda....
, West AfricaWest AfricaWest Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. Geopolitically, the UN definition of Western Africa includes the following 16 countries and an area of approximately 5 million square km:-Flags of West Africa:... - Heliophanus baicalensis Kulczynski, 1895 — RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, MongoliaMongoliaMongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...
, ChinaChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture... - Heliophanus bellus Wesolowska, 1986 — South Africa
- Heliophanus berlandi Lawrence, 1937 — South Africa
- Heliophanus bisulcus Wesolowska, 1986 — South Africa
- Heliophanus bolensis Wesolowska, 2003 — Ethiopia
- Heliophanus brevis Wesolowska, 2003 — Ethiopia
- Heliophanus butemboensis Wesolowska, 1986 — Democratic Republic of Congo, RwandaRwandaRwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
- Heliophanus camtschadalicus Kulczynski, 1885 — SwedenSwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, Russia - Heliophanus canariensis Wesolowska, 1986 — Canary Islands
- Heliophanus capensis Wesolowska, 1986 — South Africa
- Heliophanus capicola Simon, 1901 — South Africa
- Heliophanus cassinicola Simon, 1909 — West, Central, East Africa
- Heliophanus charlesi Wesolowska, 2003 — South Africa
- Heliophanus chikangawanus Wesolowska, 1986 — AngolaAngolaAngola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...
, MalawiMalawiThe Republic of Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi. Its size... - Heliophanus chovdensis Prószynski, 1982 — KazakhstanKazakhstanKazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
to Mongolia - Heliophanus clarus Peckham & PeckhamGeorge and Elizabeth PeckhamGeorge Williams Peckham and Elizabeth Maria Gifford Peckham were early American teachers, taxonomists, ethologists, arachnologists, and entomologists, specializing in animal behavior and in the study of jumping spiders and wasps.-Lives and careers:George Peckham was born in Albany,...
, 1903 — ZimbabweZimbabweZimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three... - Heliophanus claviger Simon, 1901 — South Africa
- Heliophanus congolensis Giltay, 1935 — Democratic Republic of Congo to São ToméSão Tomé-Transport:São Tomé is served by São Tomé International Airport with regular flights to Europe and other African Countries.-Climate:São Tomé features a tropical wet and dry climate with a relatively lengthy wet season and a short dry season. The wet season runs from October through May while the...
- Heliophanus conspicuus Wesolowska, 1986 — Algeria
- Heliophanus creticus Giltay, 1932 — CreteCreteCrete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...
- Heliophanus crudeni Lessert, 1925 — Tanzania
- Heliophanus cupreus (WalckenaerCharles Athanase WalckenaerBaron Charles Athanase Walckenaer was a French civil servant and scientist.-Biography:Walckenaer was born in Paris and studied at the universities of Oxford and Glasgow. In 1793 he was appointed head of the military transports in the Pyrenees, after which he pursued technical studies at the École...
, 1802) — Palearctic- Heliophanus cupreus cuprescens (Simon, 1868) — Spain
- Heliophanus cupreus globifer (Simon, 1868) — Italy
- Heliophanus curvidens (O. P-CambridgeOctavius Pickard-CambridgeThe Reverend Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS was an English clergyman and zoologist.Pickard-Cambridge was born in Bloxworth rectory, Dorset, the fifth son of Revd George Pickard, rector and squire of Bloxworth: the family changed their name to Pickard-Cambridge in 1848...
, 1872) — IsraelIsraelThe State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
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. KochLudwig Carl Christian KochLudwig Carl Christian Koch was a German entomologist and arachnologist.He was born in Regensburg, Germany and died in Nuremberg, Germany. He studied in Nuremberg, initially law, but then turned to medicine and science...
, 1875 — North Africa, Israel - Heliophanus deformis Wesolowska, 1986 — Angola
- Heliophanus demonstrativus Wesolowska, 1986 — East, Southern Africa
- Heliophanus deserticola Simon, 1901 — South Africa
- Heliophanus difficilis Wesolowska, 1986 — Democratic Republic of Congo
- Heliophanus dubius C. L. Koch, 1835 — Palearctic
- Heliophanus dunini Rakov & Logunov, 1997 — Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan
- Heliophanus dux Wesolowska & van Harten, 1994 — YemenYemenThe Republic of Yemen , commonly known as Yemen , is a country located in the Middle East, occupying the southwestern to southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, and Oman to the east....
- Heliophanus eccentricus Ledoux, 2007 — RéunionRéunionRéunion is a French island with a population of about 800,000 located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, about south west of Mauritius, the nearest island.Administratively, Réunion is one of the overseas departments of France...
- 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 falcatus Wesolowska, 1986 — Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola
- Heliophanus fascinatus Wesolowska, 1986 — Sudan to BotswanaBotswanaBotswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...
- Heliophanus flavipes (Hahn, 1832) — Palearctic
- Heliophanus forcipifer Kulczynski, 1895 — Central Asia
- Heliophanus fuerteventurae Schmidt & Krause, 1996 — Canary Islands
- Heliophanus giltayi Lessert, 1933 — Kenya to Angola
- Heliophanus gladiator Wesolowska, 1986 — Kenya, Malawi
- Heliophanus glaucus Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895 — Egypt, Libya
- Heliophanus gloriosus Wesolowska, 1986 — Angola, Botswana
- Heliophanus hamifer Simon, 1886 — Mozambique, Zimbabwe, MadagascarMadagascarThe Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
, Seychelles - Heliophanus harpago Simon, 1910 — Central, West Africa
- Heliophanus hastatusHeliophanus hastatusHeliophanus hastatus is a spider species in the genus Heliophanus found in South Africa....
Wesolowska, 1986 — South Africa - Heliophanus heurtaultae Rollard & Wesolowska, 2002 — GuineaGuineaGuinea , officially the Republic of Guinea , is a country in West Africa. Formerly known as French Guinea , it is today sometimes called Guinea-Conakry to distinguish it from its neighbour Guinea-Bissau. Guinea is divided into eight administrative regions and subdivided into thirty-three prefectures...
- Heliophanus horrifer Wesolowska, 1986 — South Africa
- Heliophanus ibericus Wesolowska, 1986 — Spain
- Heliophanus imerinensis Simon, 1901 — Madagascar
- Heliophanus imperator Wesolowska, 1986 — Kenya, Malawi
- Heliophanus improcerus Wesolowska, 1986 — Democratic Republic of Congo
- Heliophanus innominatus Wesolowska, 1986 — Madagascar
- Heliophanus insperatus Wesolowska, 1986 — Angola, Zimbabwe, South Africa
- Heliophanus iranus Wesolowska, 1986 — IranIranIran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
- Heliophanus japonicus Kishida, 1910 — JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
- Heliophanus kankanensis Berland & Millot, 1941 — Central, West Africa
- Heliophanus kenyaensis Wesolowska, 1986 — Central Africa
- Heliophanus kilimanjaroensis Wesolowska, 1986 — Tanzania
- Heliophanus kochii Simon, 1868 — Palearctic
- Heliophanus koktas Logunov, 1992 — Kazakhstan
- Heliophanus kovacsi Wesolowska, 2003 — Ethiopia
- Heliophanus lawrencei Wesolowska, 1986 — Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola
- Heliophanus lesserti Wesolowska, 1986 — Central, Southern Africa
- Heliophanus leucopes Wesolowska, 2003 — Ethiopia
- Heliophanus lineiventris Simon, 1868 — Palearctic
- Heliophanus macentensis Berland & Millot, 1941 — Ivory Coast to Kenya
- Heliophanus machaerodus Simon, 1909 — North Africa
- Heliophanus maculatus KarschFriedrich KarschFerdinand Karsch or Karsch-Haack was a German arachnologist, entomologist and anthropologist....
, 1878 — New South WalesNew South WalesNew South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales... - Heliophanus malus Wesolowska, 1986 — Syria, Israel
- Heliophanus maralal Wesolowska, 2003 — Kenya
- Heliophanus marshalli Peckham & Peckham, 1903 — South Africa
- Heliophanus mauricianus Simon, 1901 — Mauritius, RéunionRéunionRéunion is a French island with a population of about 800,000 located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, about south west of Mauritius, the nearest island.Administratively, Réunion is one of the overseas departments of France...
- Heliophanus megae Wesolowska, 2003 — Zimbabwe
- Heliophanus melinus L. Koch, 1867 — Palearctic
- Heliophanus menemeriformis Strand, 1907 — Tanzania
- Heliophanus minutissimus (Caporiacco, 1941) — Ethiopia
- Heliophanus mirabilis Wesolowska, 1986 — South Africa
- Heliophanus modicus Peckham & Peckham, 1903 — South Africa, Madagascar
- Heliophanus montanus Wesolowska, 2006 — Namibia
- Heliophanus mordax (O. P.-Cambridge, 1872) — Greece to Central Asia
- Heliophanus mucronatus Simon, 1901 — Madagascar
- Heliophanus nanus Wesolowska, 2003 — South Africa
- Heliophanus nobilis Wesolowska, 1986 — Democratic Republic of Congo
- Heliophanus ochrichelis StrandEmbrik StrandEmbrik Strand was an arachnologist who classified many insect and spider species, including the greenbottle blue tarantula....
, 1907 — Tanzania - Heliophanus orchesta Simon, 1886 — Central, South Africa, Madagascar
- Heliophanus orchestioides Lessert, 1925 — East Africa
- Heliophanus papyri Wesolowska, 2003 — Ethiopia
- Heliophanus parvus Wesolowska & van Harten, 1994 — SocotraSocotraSocotra , also spelt Soqotra, is a small archipelago of four islands in the Indian Ocean. The largest island, also called Socotra, is about 95% of the landmass of the archipelago. It lies some east of the Horn of Africa and south of the Arabian Peninsula. The island is very isolated and through...
- Heliophanus patagiatus Thorell, 1875 — Palearctic
- Heliophanus patagiatus albolineatus Kulczynski, 1901 — Russia
- Heliophanus patellaris Simon, 1901 — South Africa
- Heliophanus paulus Wesolowska, 1986 — Botswana
- Heliophanus pauper Wesolowska, 1986 — Ethiopia, Zambia, Kenya, Zimbabwe
- Heliophanus peckhami Simon, 1902 — South Africa
- Heliophanus pistaciae Wesolowska, 2003 — Zimbabwe, South Africa
- Heliophanus portentosus Wesolowska, 1986 — South Africa
- Heliophanus potanini Schenkel, 1963 — Afghanistan, Central Asia, Mongolia, China
- Heliophanus pratti Peckham & Peckham, 1903 — Namibia, South Africa
- Heliophanus proszynskii Wesolowska, 2003 — South Africa
- Heliophanus pygmaeus Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 — Senegal, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
- Heliophanus ramosus Wesolowska, 1986 — Algeria, Spain
- Heliophanus redimitus Simon, 1910 — South Africa
- Heliophanus robustus Berland & Millot, 1941 — Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Heliophanus rufithorax Simon, 1868 — Southern Europe to Central Asia
- Heliophanus rutrosus Wesolowska, 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 sororius Wesolowska, 2003 — South Africa
- Heliophanus splendidus Wesolowska, 2003 — Republic of Congo
- Heliophanus stylifer Simon, 1878 — Morocco, Algeria
- Heliophanus termitophagus Wesolowska & Haddad, 2002 — South Africa
- Heliophanus transvaalicus Simon, 1901 — South Africa
- Heliophanus trepidus Simon, 1910 — Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa
- Heliophanus tribulosusHeliophanus tribulosusHeliophanus tribulosus is a species of 'jumping spiders' belonging to the family Salticidae.This species is present in most of Europe up to Kazakhstan....
Simon, 1868 — Europe to Kazakhstan - Heliophanus tristis Wesolowska, 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 Wesolowska, 1986 — Democratic Republic of Congo
- Heliophanus validus Wesolowska, 1986 — Kenya
- Heliophanus verus Wesolowska, 1986 — Iran, Azerbaijan
- Heliophanus villosus Wesolowska, 1986 — South Africa
- Heliophanus wesolowskae Rakov & Logunov, 1997 — Central Asia
- Heliophanus wulingensis Peng & Xie, 1996 — China
- Heliophanus xanthopes Wesolowska, 2003 — Ethiopia