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

Heliophanus variabilis (Vinson, 1863)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041229

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Described:

Distribution: Réunion

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

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Taxonomic References

Attus variabilis Vinson, 1863: 53, 301, pl. 10, f. 6 (Df) Original description

Attus variabilis Roewer, 1955c: 1431 (nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium)

Heliophanus variabilis Ledoux, 2007: 29, f. 2, 26A-E, 29B (Dm, f, T from Attus = Salticus)

References

Ledoux, J.-C. (2007). Araignées de l'île de La Réunion: II. Salticidae. Revue Arachnologique 17: 9-34. -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1955c). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. 2. Band, Abt. a (Lycosaeformia, Dionycha [excl. Salticiformia]). 2. Band, Abt. b (Salticiformia, Cribellata) (Synonyma-Verzeichnis, Gesamtindex). Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, 1751 pp. -- Show included taxa

Vinson, A. (1863). Aranéides des îles de La Réunion, Maurice et Madagascar. Librairie Classique Eugène Belin, Paris, 337 pp., pl. 1-14. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.125517 -- 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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