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Genus: Paraheliophanus Clark & Benoit, 1977 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Paraheliophanus jeanae Clark & Benoit, 1977

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035177

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Described:

Distribution: St. Helena

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

Type Repository Provide information

Allotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium m (Ara.142284) - (Clark & Benoit, 1977)
Paratype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium 2m 8f 8j - (Clark & Benoit, 1977)
Holotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium f (Ara.142283) - (Clark & Benoit, 1977)

Taxonomic References

Paraheliophanus jeanae Clark & Benoit, 1977: 93, f. 38a-e (Dmf) Original description

Paraheliophanus jeanae Sherwood et al., 2024e: 1257, f. 37A-F, 38A-G, 39A-B (mf)

References

Clark, D. J. & Benoit, P. L. G. (1977). Fam. Salticidae. In: La faune terrestre de l'île de Sainte-Hélène IV. Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Sciences zoologiques (Zool.-Ser. 8°) 220: 87-103. -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D., Henrard, A., Jocqué, R., Fowler, L., Marusik, Y. M., Maddison, W., Harvey, M. S., Hormiga, G., Rheims, C. A., Piacentini, L. N., Peters, M., Stevens, N., Joshua, D., Scipio-O’Dean, C. J., Ellick, G., Wilkins, V., Ashmole, M. & Ashmole, P. (2024e). Annotated checklist of the spiders of Saint Helena, with new records, descriptions of unknown sexes, new and restored genera, and two new species (Araneae: Araneomorphae). Arachnology 19(9): 1218-1291. doi: 10.13156/arac.2024.19.9.1218 -- 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
2024-11-04	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood et al., 2024e