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

Helvetia humillima (Mello-Leitão, 1943)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041726

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Described:

Distribution: Brazil

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026) | GBIF

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ), Brazil (database excerpt, August 2019) Cotinusa humillima Mello-Leitão, 1943, (41937); 1 m (destroyed by the fire 2018) -

Taxonomic References

Cotinusa humillima Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 223, f. 49 (Dm) Original description

Helvetia humillima Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008b: 144, f. 17-18 (m, removed from S of Helvetia santarema, rejecting Galiano, 1963b: 2)

References

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1943a). Catálogo das aranhas do Rio Grande do Sul. Arquivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro 37: 147-245, 24 pls. -- 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

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.

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

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