Paraheliophanus

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Paraheliophanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Heliophaninae
Genus: Paraheliophanus
Clark & Benoit, 1977
Diversity
4 species
Type species
Salticus subinstructus
O. P-Cambridge, 1873
Species

see text

Paraheliophanus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). All four described species are endemic to St. Helena.

[edit] Name

The genus name is derived from Greek para "alongside" and the salticid genus Heliophanus.

[edit] Species

  • Paraheliophanus jeanae Clark & Benoit, 1977
  • Paraheliophanus napoleon Clark & Benoit, 1977
  • Paraheliophanus sanctaehelenae Clark & Benoit, 1977
  • Paraheliophanus subinstructus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1873)


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