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Genus: Heliophanus C. L. Koch, 1833 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Heliophanus decoratus L. Koch, 1875

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033782

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Described:

Distribution: Mediterranean to Iran

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026) | Salticidae Database Prószyński (2025) | araneae - Spiders of Europe | GBIF

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Taxonomic References

Heliophanus decoratus L. Koch, 1875b: 87, pl. 7, f. 8 (Dm) Original description

Heliophanus decoratus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876b: 624 (Df)

Heliophanus decoratus Simon, 1901e: 56, f. 8 (m)

Heliophanus senussus Caporiacco, 1928b: 101, f. 8 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063191]

Heliophanus decoratus Wesołowska, 1986: 208, f. 549-557, 559-566, 570-583 (mf, S of Heliophanus senussus; f. 584 see Heliophanus sinaicus)

Heliophanus decoratus Prószyński, 2003: 73, f. 273-280 (mf)

References

Caporiacco, L. di (1928b). Resultati zoologici della Missione inviata dalla R. Società Geografica Italiana per l'esplorazione dell'oasi di Giarabub (1926-1927). Aracnidi di Giarabub e di Porto Bardia. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 53: 77-107. -- Show included taxa

Koch, L. (1875b). Aegyptische und abyssinische Arachniden gesammelt von Herrn C. Jickeli. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 96 pp., pl. 1-7. -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1876b). Catalogue of a collection of spiders made in Egypt, with descriptions of new species and characters of a new genus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 44(3): 541-630, pl. 58-60. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1876.tb02595.x -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (2003). Salticidae (Araneae) of the Levant. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 53: 1-180. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1901e). Etudes arachnologiques. 31e Mémoire. XLVIII. Etude sur les Heliophanus d'Afrique et de Madagascar. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 70(1): 52-61. -- 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

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.

Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Kropf, C., Stäubli, A.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 01.2026. doi: 10.24436/1

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

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