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

Heliophanus machaerodus Simon, 1909

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033825

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Described:

Distribution: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia

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

Type Repository Provide information

Paralectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 1m (23907) - (Wesołowska, 1986)
Lectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m (23907) - (Wesołowska, 1986)

Taxonomic References

Heliophanus machaerodus Simon, 1909b: 39 (Dm) Original description

Heliophanus machaerodus Wesołowska, 1986: 219, f. 726-732 (mf)

Heliophanus machaerodus Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025: 143, f. 88I-K (f)

References

Lecigne, S., Moutaouakil, S. & Lips, J. (2025). Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) – second note. On new species and new records from caves and miscellaneous terrestrial ecosystems. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 40(1, supplement): 1-184. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1909b). Etude sur les arachnides recueillis au Maroc par M. Martinez de la Escalera en 1907. Memorias de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (6) 1: 5-43. -- 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]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-04-07	New taxonomic reference entry	Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025