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. Helafricanus Wesołowska, 1986 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06129

N.B.: elevated from subgenus of Heliophanus C. L. Koch, 1833 by Wesołowska, 2024: 81.

In synonymy:

Helafricanus aeratus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872, T from Salticus) = Helafricanus edentulus Simon, 1871 (Prószyński, 2003: 75, sub Heliophanus)

Helafricanus clercki (Caporiacco, 1949) = Helafricanus giltayi Lessert, 1933 (Wesołowska, 1986: 24, sub Heliophanus)

Helafricanus delectus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872, T from Salticus) = Helafricanus edentulus Simon, 1871 (Wesołowska, 1986: 17, sub Heliophanus)

Helafricanus heliophanoides (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872, T from Salticus) = Helafricanus edentulus Simon, 1871 (Wesołowska, 1986: 17, sub Heliophanus)

Helafricanus villosus (Wesołowska, 1986) = Helafricanus bisulcus Wesołowska, 1986 (Haddad & Wesołowska, 2013: 478, sub Heliophanus)

Helafricanus aethiopicus (Wesołowska, 2003) | | Ethiopia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039078

Heliophanus aethiopicus Wesołowska, 2003a: 250, f. 1-9 (Dmf) Original description

Helafricanus aethiopicus Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus alienus (Wesołowska, 1986) | | Cameroon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033751

Heliophanus alienus Wesołowska, 1986: 225, f. 805-806 (Df) Original description

Helafricanus alienus Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus anymphos (Wesołowska, 2003) | | Kenya urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039079

Heliophanus anymphos Wesołowska, 2003a: 253, f. 10-13 (Dm) Original description

Helafricanus anymphos Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus bisulcus (Wesołowska, 1986) | | Namibia, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033759

Heliophanus bisulcus Wesołowska, 1986: 16, f. 70-74 (Dm) Original description

Heliophanus villosus Wesołowska, 1986: 22, f. 176-179 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033869]

Heliophanus bisulcus Haddad & Wesołowska, 2013: 478, f. 40-43, 52 (mf, S of Heliophanus villosus)

Helafricanus bisulcus Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus bolensis (Wesołowska, 2003) | | Ethiopia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039080

Heliophanus bolensis Wesołowska, 2003a: 254, f. 14-20 (Dmf) Original description

Helafricanus bolensis Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus brevis (Wesołowska, 2003) | | Ethiopia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039081

Heliophanus brevis Wesołowska, 2003a: 256, f. 21-24 (Dm) Original description

Helafricanus brevis Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus butemboensis (Wesołowska, 1986) | | Ivory Coast, Congo, Rwanda urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033760

Heliophanus butemboensis Wesołowska, 1986: 24, f. 199-200 (Df) Original description

Heliophanus butemboensis Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 26, f. 17A-C (f)

Helafricanus butemboensis Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus congolensis (Giltay, 1935) | | Nigeria, Congo, São Tomé and Príncipe urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033770

Heliophanus congolensis Giltay, 1935a: 10, f. 6 (Dm) Original description

Heliophanus congolensis Wesołowska, 1986: 19, f. 124-132 (m, Df)

Helafricanus congolensis Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus crudeni (Lessert, 1925) | | Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033773

Heliophanus crudeni Lessert, 1925a: 462, f. 46-49 (Dmf) Original description

Heliophanus crudeni Wesołowska, 1986: 26, f. 231-239 (mf)

Helafricanus crudeni Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus debilis (Simon, 1901) | | Central, East, Southern Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033780

Heliophanus debilis Simon, 1901e: 59, f. 12 (Dm) Original description

Heliophanus debilis Wesołowska, 1986: 21, f. 148-162 (mf)

Heliophanus debilis Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009: 43, f. 73-75 (m)

Helafricanus debilis Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus decempunctatus (Caporiacco, 1941) | | Ethiopia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033781

Icius decempunctatus Caporiacco, 1941b: 152, f. 67 (Df) Original description

Heliophanus decempunctatus Prószyński, 1987: 57, 151 (f, T from Icius, may be H. trepidus)

Heliophanus decempunctatus Prószyński, 2017b: 31, f. 13G1 (f)

Helafricanus decempunctatus Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus demonstrativus (Wesołowska, 1986) | | East, Southern Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033784

Heliophanus demonstrativus Wesołowska, 1986: 19, f. 118-123 (Dmf) Original description

Heliophanus demonstrativus Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000: 36, f. 69-70 (m)

Heliophanus demonstrativus Wesołowska, 2003a: 261, f. 36-42 (mf)

Helafricanus demonstrativus Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus dux (Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994) | | Yemen urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033789

Heliophanus dux Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994: 35, f. 75-83 (Dmf) Original description

Helafricanus dux Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus edentulus (Simon, 1871) | | Nigeria, Mediterranean to Iran urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033790

Heliophanus edentulus Simon, 1871a: 351 (Dm) Original description

Salticus delectus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872: 326 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059803]

Salticus heliophanoides O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872: 328 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059804]

Salticus aeratus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872: 339 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059802]

Attus delectus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876b: 610, pl. 60, f. 88 (mf)

Heliophanus edentulus Simon, 1937: 1157, 1248, f. 1801 (m)

Salticus aeratus Roewer, 1955c: 1645 (nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium)

Heliophanus edentulus Wesołowska, 1986: 17, f. 96-104 (mf, S of Salticus delectus and S. heliophanoides)

Heliophanus edentulus Metzner, 1999: 98, f. 63a-h (mf)

Heliophanus edentulus Prószyński, 2003: 75, f. 281-286 (mf, S of Salticus aeratus, removed from nomen dubium)

Heliophanus edentulus Lecigne, 2021a: 33, f. 36a-c (m)

Helafricanus edentulus Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus erythropleurus (Kulczyński, 1901) | | Ethiopia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033793

Heliophanus erythropleurus Kulczyński, 1901a: 51, pl. 2, f. 49 (Df) Original description

Heliophanus erythropleurus Wesołowska, 1986: 226, f. 828 (f)

Helafricanus erythropleurus Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus fascinatus (Wesołowska, 1986) | | Sudan, Congo to South Africa, Yemen urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033796

Heliophanus fascinatus Wesołowska, 1986: 23, f. 186-198 (Dmf) Original description

Heliophanus fascinatus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009: 44, f. 76-80 (mf)

Heliophanus fascinatus Hänggi & Stäubli, 2012: 71, f. 9.1-4 (m)

Helafricanus fascinatus Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus furvus (Wesołowska & Haddad, 2014) | | Lesotho urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047192

Heliophanus furvus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2014: 239, f. 26-27, 34-40 (Dmf) Original description

Helafricanus furvus Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus giltayi (Lessert, 1933) | | Kenya to Angola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033800

Heliophanus giltayi Lessert, 1933: 147, f. 64-66 (Dmf) Original description

Heliophanus clercki Caporiacco, 1949a: 477, f. 92a-b (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059805]

Heliophanus giltayi Wesołowska, 1986: 24, f. 201-209 (mf, S of Heliophanus clercki)

Helafricanus giltayi Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus gloriosus (Wesołowska, 1986) | | Angola, Botswana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033803

Heliophanus gloriosus Wesołowska, 1986: 16, f. 79-89 (Dmf) Original description

Helafricanus gloriosus Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus hastatus (Wesołowska, 1986) | | South Africa, Lesotho urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033806

Heliophanus hastatus Wesołowska, 1986: 24, f. 210-214 (Dm) Original description

Heliophanus hastatus Wesołowska, 2003a: 263, f. 43-48 (m, Df)

Helafricanus hastatus Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus heurtaultae (Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002) | | Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038249

Heliophanus heurtaultae Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002: 293, f. 8A-F, 9A-D (Dmf) Original description

Helafricanus heurtaultae Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus imperator (Wesołowska, 1986) | | Kenya, Malawi urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033810

Heliophanus imperator Wesołowska, 1986: 25, f. 226-230 (Dm) Original description

Heliophanus gladiator Wesołowska, 1986: 38, f. 438-441 (f; misidentified per Wesołowska, 2003a: 265)

Heliophanus imperator Wesołowska, 2003a: 265, f. 49-54 (mf)

Helafricanus imperator Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus insperatus (Wesołowska, 1986) | | Angola, Zimbabwe, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033813

Heliophanus insperatus Wesołowska, 1986: 17, f. 90-95 (Dm) Original description

Heliophanus insperatus Wesołowska, 2003a: 268, f. 55-61 (m, Df)

Helafricanus insperatus Wesołowska, 2024: 82, f. 2A-F (mf, T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus jacksoni (Wesołowska, 2011) | | Kenya urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044487

Heliophanus jacksoni Wesołowska, 2011a: 482, f. 1-6 (Dmf) Original description

Helafricanus jacksoni Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus kenyaensis (Wesołowska, 1986) | | Central Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033817

Heliophanus kenyaensis Wesołowska, 1986: 26, f. 240-252 (Dmf) Original description

Helafricanus kenyaensis Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus kilimanjaroensis (Wesołowska, 1986) | | Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033818

Heliophanus kilimanjaroensis Wesołowska, 1986: 28, f. 259-260 (Df) Original description

Helafricanus kilimanjaroensis Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus kovacsi (Wesołowska, 2003) | | Ethiopia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039083

Heliophanus kovacsi Wesołowska, 2003a: 268, f. 62-66 (Dm) Original description

Helafricanus kovacsi Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus leucopes (Wesołowska, 2003) | | Ethiopia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039084

Heliophanus leucopes Wesołowska, 2003a: 270, f. 67-72 (Dm) Original description

Helafricanus leucopes Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus marshalli (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033828

Heliophanus marshallii Peckham & Peckham, 1903: 192, pl. 20, f. 5 (Dm) Original description

Heliophanus marshalli Wesołowska, 1986: 16, f. 75-78 (m)

Helafricanus marshalli Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus megae (Wesołowska, 2003) | | Zimbabwe urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039086

Heliophanus megae Wesołowska, 2003a: 274, f. 75-80 (Dm) Original description

Heliophanus megae Wesołowska, 2011b: 316, f. 25-27 (Df)

Helafricanus megae Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus minutissimus (Caporiacco, 1941) | | Ethiopia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033832

Evophrys minutissima Caporiacco, 1941b: 139, f. 60 (Dm; preoccupied in Heliophanus by Simon, 1871, see Heliophanus minutissimus, but this name is a nomen dubium) Original description

Euophrys minutissimus Roewer, 1955c: 1179

Heliophanus minutissima Prószyński, 1987: 40 (T from Euophrys)

Helafricanus minutissimus Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus modicus (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903) | | South Africa, Lesotho, Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033834

Heliophanus modicus Peckham & Peckham, 1903: 193, pl. 20, f. 2 (Df) Original description

Heliophanus modicus Wesołowska, 1986: 25, f. 215-225 (f, Dm)

Helafricanus modicus Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus nanus (Wesołowska, 2003) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039087

Heliophanus nanus Wesołowska, 2003a: 274, f. 81-86 (Dmf) Original description

Helafricanus nanus Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus papyri (Wesołowska, 2003) | | Ethiopia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039088

Heliophanus papyri Wesołowska, 2003a: 277, f. 91-96 (Dm) Original description

Helafricanus papyri Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus patellaris (Simon, 1901) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033844

Heliophanus patellaris Simon, 1901a: 541, 550, f. 667 (m)

Heliophanus patellaris Simon, 1901e: 58, f. 11 (Dm) Original description

Heliophanus patellaris Wesołowska, 1986: 22, f. 163-175 (m, Df)

Heliophanus patellaris Wesołowska & Haddad, 2014: 242, f. 30-31, 49-55 (mf)

Helafricanus patellaris Wesołowska, 2024: 81, f. 1A-H (mf, T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus paulus (Wesołowska, 1986) | | Nigeria, Botswana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033845

Heliophanus paulus Wesołowska, 1986: 22, f. 180-185 (Dmf) Original description

Heliophanus paulus Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011: 572, f. 65-68 (mf)

Helafricanus paulus Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus pauper (Wesołowska, 1986) | | Ethiopia, Zambia, Kenya, Zimbabwe, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033846

Heliophanus pauper Wesołowska, 1986: 228, f. 850-851 (Df) Original description

Heliophanus pauper Wesołowska, 2000a: 154, f. 23-29 (f, Dm)

Heliophanus pauper Wesołowska, 2003a: 279, f. 97-100 (m)

Helafricanus pauper Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus pistaciae (Wesołowska, 2003) | | Zimbabwe, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039089

Heliophanus pistaciae Wesołowska, 2003a: 280, f. 101-107 (Dmf) Original description

Helafricanus pistaciae Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus proszynskii (Wesołowska, 2003) | | South Africa, Lesotho urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039090

Heliophanus proszynskii Wesołowska, 2003a: 282, f. 108-113 (Dmf) Original description

Heliophanus proszynskii Wesołowska & Haddad, 2014: 245, f. 32, 56-61 (mf)

Helafricanus proszynskii Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus rutrosus (Wesołowska, 2003) | | Ethiopia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039091

Heliophanus rutrosus Wesołowska, 2003a: 284, f. 114-121 (Dmf) Original description

Helafricanus rutrosus Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus saudis (Prószyński, 1989) | | Saudi Arabia, Yemen urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033856

Heliophanus saudis Prószyński, 1989a: 37, f. 5-8 (Dm) Original description

Heliophanus saudis Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994: 40, f. 86-92 (m, Df)

Helafricanus saudis Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus transversus (Wesołowska & Haddad, 2014) | | Lesotho urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047194

Heliophanus transversus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2014: 248, f. 62-68 (Dmf) Original description

Helafricanus transversus Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus trepidus (Simon, 1910) | | Southern Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033861

Heliophanus trepidus Simon, 1910b: 215 (Dm) Original description

Heliophanus tropicus Roewer, 1955c: 1166 (lapsus)

Heliophanus trepidus Wesołowska, 1986: 20, f. 133-147 (m, Df)

Heliophanus trepidus Wesołowska, 2003a: 290, f. 135-137 (m)

Heliophanus trepidus Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008: 185, f. 52-54 (m)

Heliophanus trepidus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009: 46, f. 81, 82 (f)

Heliophanus trepidus Prószyński, 2017b: 31, f. 13G (mf)

Helafricanus trepidus Wesołowska, 2024: 83 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus undecimmaculatus (Caporiacco, 1941) | | East Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033864

Heliophanus undecimmaculatus Caporiacco, 1941b: 137, f. 59 (Df) Original description

Heliophanus undecimmaculatus Wesołowska, 1986: 18, f. 105-117 (f, Dm)

Heliophanus undecimmaculatus Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000: 38, f. 71-72 (m)

Helafricanus undecimmaculatus Wesołowska, 2024: 83 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus validus (Wesołowska, 1986) | | Kenya urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033867

Heliophanus validus Wesołowska, 1986: 27, f. 253-258 (Dmf) Original description

Helafricanus validus Wesołowska, 2024: 83 (T from Heliophanus)

Helafricanus xanthopes (Wesołowska, 2003) | | Ethiopia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039094

Heliophanus xanthopes Wesołowska, 2003a: 291, f. 138-145 (Dmf) Original description

Helafricanus xanthopes Wesołowska, 2024: 83 (T from Heliophanus)