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Genus: Helpis Simon, 1901 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Helpis minitabunda (L. Koch, 1880)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033874

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Described:

Distribution: Papua New Guinea, Australia. Introduced to New Zealand

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

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Syntype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany (data base search of type material, 11.02.2019) mf (A0001632) of Astia respersa L. Koch, 1880 -

Taxonomic References

Astia minitabunda L. Koch, 1880: 1160, pl. 101, f. 1 (Dm) Original description

Astia respersa L. Koch, 1880: 1163, pl. 101, f. 2-3 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064084]

Helpis respersa Simon, 1901a: 436

Helpis minitabunda Simon, 1901a: 438, f. 484-485 (m)

Helpis minitabunda Wanless, 1988: 94, f. 5A-G, 6A-K (mf, S of Helpis respersa)

Helpis minitabunda Davies & Żabka, 1989: 206, pl. 18 (mf)

Helpis minitabunda Gardzińska, 1996: 299, f. 3A-E, 4A-D, 5F (mf)

Helpis minitabunda Paquin, Vink & Dupérré, 2010: 73, f. 44.3-5 (mf)

Helpis minitabunda Prószyński, 2017b: 119, f. 52D (mf)

Helpis minitabunda Sherwood, 2025b: 137, f. 13A-C (f)

References

Davies, V. T. & Żabka, M. (1989). Illustrated keys to the genera of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 27(2): 189-266. -- Show included taxa

Gardzińska, J. (1996). New species and records of Astieae (Araneae: Salticidae) from Australia and Papua New Guinea. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39: 297-305. -- Show included taxa

Koch, L. (1880). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 26]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 1157-1212, pl. 100-104. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.121660 -- Show included taxa

Paquin, P., Vink, C. & Dupérré, N. (2010). Spiders of New Zealand: annotated family key & species list. Manaaki Whenua Press Lincoln, New Zealand, 118 pp. -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (2017b). Pragmatic classification of the world's Salticidae (Araneae). Ecologica Montenegrina 12: 1-133. doi: 10.37828/em.2017.12.1 -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D. (2025b). Annotated checklist of imported non-native spider (Araneae) taxa recorded in the United Kingdom 1800–2024. Arthropoda Selecta 34(1): 121-160. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.34.1.10 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1901a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 381-668. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[last page with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

Wanless, F. R. (1988). A revision of the spider group Astieae (Araneae: Salticidae) in the Australian region. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 15(1): 81-172. doi: 10.1080/03014223.1988.10422611 -- 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
2025-03-29	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood, 2025b
2017-09-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Prószyński, 2017b