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Paraheliophanus

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Paraheliophanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Paraheliophanus
Clark & Benoit, 1977[1]
Type species
P. subinstructus
Species

4, see text

Paraheliophanus is a genus of Atlantic jumping spiders that was first described by D. J. Clark & P. L. G. Benoit in 1977.[2] The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek "para" (παρά), meaning "alongside", and the salticid genus Heliophanus.[2]

Species

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As of August 2019 it contains four species, found only on Saint Helena:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Paraheliophanus Clark & Benoit, 1977". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
  2. ^ a b Clark, D. J.; Benoit, P. L. G. (1977), "Fam. Salticidae", La faune terrestre de l'île de Sainte-Hélène IV