Heliophanus

Heliophanus
Heliophanus cupreus, female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Section: Dionycha
Superfamily: Salticoidea
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Heliophaninae
Genus: Heliophanus
C. L. Koch, 1833
Type species
Aranea cuprea
Walckenaer, 1802
Species

see text

Diversity
149 species

Heliophanus is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Most of the almost 150 described species occur in Africa, with many others found in the Palearctic region from Europe to Japan.

Heliophanus sp.
Heliophanus flavipes, female

Species

Heliophanus sp.
Heliophanus sp.
Heliophanus sp.

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