Baryphas ahenus Simon, 1902

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Described:

Distribution: Tanzania, Zimbawe, Mozambique, South Africa


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Taxonomic References
Baryphas ahenus Simon, 1902d: 42 (Dmf) Original description
Baryphas ahenus Peckham & Peckham, 1903: 207, pl. 24, f. 2 (mf)
Baryphas ahenus Simon, 1903a: 681, f. 807-809 (m)
Baryphas ahenus Lessert, 1925b: 349, f. 13 (mf)
Heliophanus berlandi Lawrence, 1937: 257, f. 24 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033758]
Heliophanus berlandi Wesołowska, 1986: 231, f. 871-872 (f)
Baryphas ahenus Prószyński, 1987: 5 (mf)
Baryphas ahenus Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008: 169, f. 2-8 (mf)
Baryphas ahenus Azarkina & Foord, 2013: 166, f. 2-17 (mf)
Baryphas ahenus Prószyński, 2017b: 53, f. 23A (mf)
Baryphas ahenus Wesołowska, 2024: 91 (S of Heliophanus berlandi)
Baryphas ahenus Haddad & Vickers, 2024: 1152, f. 1-28, 30-32, 34-36 (mf)
Baryphas ahenus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025a: 27, p. 26: f. 1-4, p. 27: f. 1-14 (mf)
References

Azarkina, G. N. & Foord, S. H. (2013). Redescriptions of poorly known species of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from South Africa and Namibia. Zootaxa 3686(2): 165-182. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3686.2.3 -- Show included taxa

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Van der Walt, V., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2025a). The Salticidae of South Africa. Part 1 (A-Den). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 63 pp. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.15222559 -- Show included taxa

Haddad, C. R. & Vickers, M. E. (2024). The genus Baryphas Simon, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae) in South Africa, with the description of a new species. Arachnology 19(9): 1152-1164. doi: 10.13156/arac.2024.19.9.1152 -- Show included taxa

Lawrence, R. F. (1937). A collection of Arachnida from Zululand. Annals of the Natal Museum 8: 211-273, pl. 13. -- Show included taxa

Lessert, R. de (1925b). Araignées du sud de l'Afrique (suite). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 32: 323-365. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.117932 -- Show included taxa

Peckham, G. W. & Peckham, E. G. (1903). New species of the family Attidae from South Africa, with notes on the distribution of the genera found in the Ethiopian region. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters 14(1): 173-278, pl. 19-29. -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (1987). Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae 2. Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoly Rolniczo-Pedagogicznej Siedlcach, 172 pp. -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (2017b). Pragmatic classification of the world's Salticidae (Araneae). Ecologica Montenegrina 12: 1-133. doi: 10.37828/em.2017.12.1 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1902d). Description d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Salticidae (Attidae) (suite). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 46: 24-56, 363-406. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1903a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 669-1080. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. (1986). A revision of the genus Heliophanus C. L. Koch, 1833 (Aranei: Salticidae). Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 40: 1-254. -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. & Cumming, M. S. (2008). Taxonomy and natural history of a species rich assemblage of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae); a long-term study of a suburban site in Zimbabwe. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 58: 167-230. -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. (2024). Taxonomic notes on the genus Heliophanus C.L. Koch, 1833, with description of three additional genera (Araneae: Salticidae: Chrysillini). Zootaxa 5405(1): 80-92. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5405.1.3 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Metzner, H. (2026). Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Online at https://www.jumping-spiders.com.

Prószyński, J. (2025). Salticidae (Araneae) Genera of the World "a management tool for developing a new system of Salticidae" - a scrollable e-Textbook. Version December 20th, 2025, online at http://www.salticidae.pl.

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2025-04-21 New taxonomic reference entry Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025a
2025-04-21 Species distribution update Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025a Old value
2024-12-29 Species distribution update Haddad, Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 Old value
2024-11-02 New taxonomic reference entry Haddad & Vickers, 2024
2024-01-26 New taxonomic reference entry Wesołowska, 2024
2024-01-26 Species synonymy Wesołowska, 2024 Baryphas berlandi synonymized with Baryphas ahenus
2017-09-11 New taxonomic reference entry Prószyński, 2017b

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