Heliophanus: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Heliophanus
Species
Scientific Name: Heliophanus

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Heliophanus

Heliophanus is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Most of the about ninety described species occur in Europe, while reaching into Asia and Africa.

Many former African species in this genus were transferred to other genera such as Helafricanus, Heliocapensis and Trapezocephalus by Wanda Wesolowska in 2024.

Heliophanus in languages:

Afrikaans: Groentaster-springspinnekoppe
Chinese: 閃蛛屬
Czech: skákavka
Danish: Sortspringere
English: Sun Jumping Spiders
English: Pantless Darth Vader Jumping Spiders
German: Sonnenspringer

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Parent Taxon

Salticidae

Sibling Taxa

Child Taxa