World Spider Catalog

Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: Considered a senior synonym of Lyssomanidae by Galiano, 1976b: 67; for illustrations of scale morphology of about 60 species, see Hill, 1979; for a database with diagnostic drawings maintained by J. Prószyński, see: http://www.peckhamia.com/salticidae; for the phylogeny within the family see Maddison & Hedin, 2003b, Maddison, 2015, Maddison et al., 2017 and Prószyński, 2017b.

Gen. Helpis Simon, 1901 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02984

Transferred to other genera:

Helpis abnormis Żabka, 2002 -- see Parahelpis

In synonymy:

Helpis respersa (L. Koch, 1880) = Helpis minitabunda L. Koch, 1880 (Wanless, 1988: 94)

Helpis colemani (Wanless, 1988) | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032372

Astia colemani Wanless, 1988: 89, f. 3A-I (Dmf) Original description

Helpis colemani Żabka & Patoleta, 2014: 573, f. 1-17 (Tmf from Astia)

Helpis foelixi Żabka & Patoleta, 2014 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047243

Helpis foelixi Żabka & Patoleta, 2014: 584, f. 66-74 (Dm) Original description

Helpis gracilis Gardzińska, 1996 | | Australia (New South Wales, Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033872

Helpis gracilis Gardzińska, 1996: 301, f. 5A-E, 6A-D (Dmf) Original description

Helpis gracilis Żabka & Patoleta, 2014: 573, f. 18-25 (mf)

Helpis kenilworthi Żabka, 2002 | | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039096

Helpis kenilworthi Żabka, 2002: 260, f. 4A-E (Df) Original description

Helpis kenilworthi Żabka & Patoleta, 2014: 580, f. 51-65 (f, Dm)

Helpis longichelis Strand, 1915 | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033873

Helpis longichelis Strand, 1915d: 263, pl. 14, f. 24, pl. 19, f. 102 (Dm) Original description

Helpis longichelis Wanless, 1988: 100, f. 8A-J (m)

Helpis longipalpis Gardzińska & Żabka, 2010 | | Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043351

Helpis longipalpis Gardzińska & Żabka, 2010: 45, f. 33-44 (Dm) Original description

Helpis merriwa Żabka & Patoleta, 2014 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047241

Helpis merriwa Żabka & Patoleta, 2014: 577, f. 34-41 (Df) Original description

Helpis minitabunda (L. Koch, 1880) | | New Guinea, Australia. Introduced to New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033874

Astia minitabunda L. Koch, 1880: 1160, pl. 101, f. 1 (Dm) Original description

Astia respersa L. Koch, 1880: 1163, pl. 101, f. 2-3 (Dmf)

Helpis respersa Simon, 1901a: 436

Helpis minitabunda Simon, 1901a: 438, f. 484-485 (m)

Helpis minitabunda Wanless, 1988: 94, f. 5A-G, 6A-K (m, Sf)

Helpis minitabunda Davies & Żabka, 1989: 206, pl. 18 (mf)

Helpis minitabunda Gardzińska, 1996: 299, f. 3A-E, 4A-D, 5F (mf)

Helpis minitabunda Paquin, Vink & Dupérré, 2010: 73, f. 44.3-5 (mf)

Helpis minitabunda Prószyński, 2017b: 119, f. 52D (mf)

Helpis occidentalis Simon, 1909 | | Australia. Introduced to Britain urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033875

Helpis occidentalis Simon, 1909d: 195 (Df) Original description

Helpis occidentalis Wanless, 1988: 98, f. 7A-K (f, Dm)

Helpis occidentalis Gardzińska, 1996: 303, f. 5G, 6E (mf)

Helpis occidentalis Logunov & Popovici, 2021: 5, f. 1-5 (m)

Helpis risdonica Żabka, 2002 | | Australia (Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039097

Helpis risdonica Żabka, 2002: 261, f. 5A-D (Df) Original description

Helpis staregai Żabka & Patoleta, 2014 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047244

Helpis staregai Żabka & Patoleta, 2014: 584, f. 75-83 (Df) Original description

Helpis tasmanica Żabka, 2002 | | Australia (Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039098

Helpis tasmanica Żabka, 2002: 261, f. 6A-D (Df) Original description

Helpis wanlessi Żabka & Patoleta, 2014 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047242

Helpis wanlessi Żabka & Patoleta, 2014: 580, f. 42-50 (Df) Original description

Helpis wisharti Żabka & Patoleta, 2014 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047240

Helpis wisharti Żabka & Patoleta, 2014: 577, f. 26-33 (Df) Original description