Helafricanus aethiopicus (Wesołowska, 2003)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039078

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Described:


Type Repository Provide information
  • Holotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium (database excerpt, Feb. 2019) (211393) -
Taxonomic References
Heliophanus aethiopicus Wesołowska, 2003a: 250, f. 1-9 (Dmf) Original description
Helafricanus aethiopicus Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus)
References

Wesołowska, W. (2003a). New data on African Heliophanus species with descriptions of new species (Araneae: Salticidae). Genus 14: 249-294. -- 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
2024-01-26 New taxonomic reference entry Wesołowska, 2024
2024-01-26 Species transferred to new genus Wesołowska, 2024 Species transferred from Heliophanus to Helafricanus

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