Paraheliophanus

Paraheliophanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Paraheliophanus
Clark & Benoit, 1977
Type species
Salticus subinstructus
Species

see text

Diversity
4 species

Paraheliophanus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). All four described species are endemic to St. Helena.[1][2]

Name

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

Species

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

References

  1. ↑ World Spider Catalog (2017). "Gen. Paraheliophanus Clark & Benoit, 1977". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  2. ↑ Mendel, Howard; Ashmole, Philip; Ashmole, Myrtle (2008). Invertebrates of the Central Peaks and Peak Dale, St Helena. St Helena: St Helena National Trust. pp. 42–43.
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