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

Heliophanus falcatus Wesołowska, 1986

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033795

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Described:

Distribution: DR Congo, Angola

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium f (130131) of Natta immemorata - (Wesołowska, 1993a)
Allotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK f (Ang. 23.4.) - (Wesołowska, 1986)
Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK m (Ang. 1.1.) - (Wesołowska, 1986)
Paratype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK 1m (Ang. 23.4.) - (Wesołowska, 1986)
Paratype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium 1m (130 382) - (Wesołowska, 1986)

Taxonomic References

Heliophanus falcatus Wesołowska, 1986: 35, f. 367-375 (Dmf) Original description

Natta? immemorata Wesołowska, 1993a: 30, f. 42-44 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034933]

Heliophanus falcatus Wesołowska, 2003a: 263 (S of Natta immemorata)

References

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. (1993a). Notes on the genus Natta Karsch, 1879 (Araneae, Salticidae). Genus 4(1): 17-32. -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. (2003a). New data on African Heliophanus species with descriptions of new species (Araneae: Salticidae). Genus 14: 249-294. -- 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]

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