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Genus: Helvetia G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Helvetia cancrimana (Taczanowski, 1872)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033877

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Described:

Distribution: French Guiana, Brazil, Argentina

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museo de La Plata (MLP), La Plata, Argentina f (16760) of Deloripa quadrifasciata - (Galiano, 1980b)
Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France of Helvetia zonata - (Prószyński, 1971e)
Syntype: Museum and Institute of Zoology (MIZ), Polish Academy of Science (PAN), Warsaw, Poland - (Prószyński, 1971e)

Taxonomic References

Attus cancrimanus Taczanowski, 1872: 68 (Dm) Original description

Selabis zonatus Simon, 1897e: 2 (nomen nudum)

Helvetia zebrina Simon, 1901c: 158 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033881]

Helvetia zonata Simon, 1901c: 158 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033882]

Deloripa quadrifasciata Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 280, f. 71 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057988]

Attus cancrimanus Roewer, 1955c: 1421 (nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium)

Helvetia zebrina Galiano, 1963a: 362, pl. 19, f. 15 (f)

Helvetia zonata Galiano, 1963a: 363, pl. 19, f. 14 (f)

Helvetia zonata Galiano, 1963b: 3, pl. 1, f. 1-6 (Dm, f, S of Deloripa quadrifasciata)

Helvetia cancrimana Galiano, 1976c: 51, f. 1-7 (m, T from Salticus, removed from nomen dubium)

Helvetia cancrimana Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008b: 140, f. 1-5 (mf, S of Helvetia zebrina and H. zonata)

References

Galiano, M. E. (1963a). Las especies americanas de arañas de la familia Salticidae descriptas por Eugène Simon. Redescripciones basadas en los ejemplares típicos. Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales (C) 23(68): 273-470. -- Show included taxa

Galiano, M. E. (1963b). Nota sobre arañas del grupo Marpisseae (Araneae, Salticidae). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 24: 1-8. -- Show included taxa

Galiano, M. E. (1976c). Dos neuvas especies del género Helvetia Peckham, 1894 (Araneae, Salticidae). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 35: 51-56. -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1945b). Arañas de Misiones, Corrientes y Entre Ríos. Revista del Museo de La Plata (N.S.) 4(Zoología 29): 213-302. -- 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

Ruiz, G. R. S. & Brescovit, A. D. (2008b). Revision of Helvetia (Araneae: Salticidae: Heliophaninae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 25: 139-147. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1897e). Viaggio del Dott. A. Borelli nella République Argentina e nel Paraguay. Liste des arachnides recueillis aux Iles du Cap-Vert, dans la République Argentine et le Paraguay et descriptions d'espèces nouvelles. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della Reale Università di Torino 12(270): 1-8. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1901c). Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Attidae (suite). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 45: 141-161. -- Show included taxa

Taczanowski, L. (1872). Les aranéides de la Guyane française. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae 9: 64-112, pl. 3-4. [[pdf includes Taczanowski, 1873]] -- 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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