Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0101] Detail
Gen. Helafricanus Wesołowska, 1986 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06129] Detail
type Heliophanus patellaris Simon, 1901; gender masculine
N.B.: elevated from subgenus of Heliophanus C. L. Koch, 1833 by Wesołowska, 2024: 81.
In synonymy:
Helafricanus aeratus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872, T from Salticus) = Helafricanus edentulus (Simon, 1871) (Prószyński, 2003: 75, sub Heliophanus).
Helafricanus clercki (Caporiacco, 1949) = Helafricanus giltayi (Lessert, 1933) (Wesołowska, 1986: 24, sub Heliophanus).
Helafricanus delectus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872, T from Salticus) = Helafricanus edentulus (Simon, 1871) (Wesołowska, 1986: 17, sub Heliophanus).
Helafricanus heliophanoides (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872, T from Salticus) = Helafricanus edentulus (Simon, 1871) (Wesołowska, 1986: 17, sub Heliophanus).
Helafricanus villosus (Wesołowska, 1986) = Helafricanus bisulcus (Wesołowska, 1986) (Haddad & Wesołowska, 2013: 478, sub Heliophanus).
Helafricanus aethiopicus (Wesołowska, 2003) | m f | Ethiopia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039078]
Heliophanus aethiopicus Wesołowska, 2003a: 250, f. 1-9 (Dmf).
Helafricanus aethiopicus Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus alienus (Wesołowska, 1986) | f | Cameroon     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033751]
Heliophanus alienus Wesołowska, 1986: 225, f. 805-806 (Df).
Helafricanus alienus Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus anymphos (Wesołowska, 2003) | m | Kenya     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039079]
Heliophanus anymphos Wesołowska, 2003a: 253, f. 10-13 (Dm).
Helafricanus anymphos Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus bisulcus (Wesołowska, 1986) | m f | Namibia, South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033759]
Heliophanus bisulcus Wesołowska, 1986: 16, f. 70-74 (Dm).
Heliophanus villosus Wesołowska, 1986: 22, f. 176-179 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033869].
Heliophanus bisulcus Haddad & Wesołowska, 2013: 478, f. 40-43, 52 (mf, S of Heliophanus villosus).
Helafricanus bisulcus Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus bolensis (Wesołowska, 2003) | m f | Ethiopia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039080]
Heliophanus bolensis Wesołowska, 2003a: 254, f. 14-20 (Dmf).
Helafricanus bolensis Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus brevis (Wesołowska, 2003) | m | Ethiopia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039081]
Heliophanus brevis Wesołowska, 2003a: 256, f. 21-24 (Dm).
Helafricanus brevis Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus butemboensis (Wesołowska, 1986) | f | Ivory Coast, Congo, Rwanda     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033760]
Heliophanus butemboensis Wesołowska, 1986: 24, f. 199-200 (Df).
Heliophanus butemboensis Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 26, f. 17A-C (f).
Helafricanus butemboensis Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus congolensis (Giltay, 1935) | m f | Nigeria, Congo, São Tomé and Príncipe     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033770]
Heliophanus congolensis Giltay, 1935a: 10, f. 6 (Dm).
Heliophanus congolensis Wesołowska, 1986: 19, f. 124-132 (m, Df).
Helafricanus congolensis Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus crudeni (Lessert, 1925) | m f | Tanzania     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033773]
Heliophanus crudeni Lessert, 1925a: 462, f. 46-49 (Dmf).
Heliophanus crudeni Wesołowska, 1986: 26, f. 231-239 (mf).
Helafricanus crudeni Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus debilis (Simon, 1901) | m f | Central, East, Southern Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033780]
Heliophanus debilis Simon, 1901e: 59, f. 12 (Dm).
Heliophanus debilis Wesołowska, 1986: 21, f. 148-162 (mf).
Heliophanus debilis Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009: 43, f. 73-75 (m).
Helafricanus debilis Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus decempunctatus (Caporiacco, 1941) | f | Ethiopia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033781]
Icius decempunctatus Caporiacco, 1941b: 152, f. 67 (Df).
Heliophanus decempunctatus Prószyński, 1987: 57, 151 (f, T from Icius, may be H. trepidus).
Heliophanus decempunctatus Prószyński, 2017b: 31, f. 13G1 (f).
Helafricanus decempunctatus Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus demonstrativus (Wesołowska, 1986) | m f | East, Southern Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033784]
Heliophanus demonstrativus Wesołowska, 1986: 19, f. 118-123 (Dmf).
Heliophanus demonstrativus Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000: 36, f. 69-70 (m).
Heliophanus demonstrativus Wesołowska, 2003a: 261, f. 36-42 (mf).
Helafricanus demonstrativus Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus dux (Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994) | m f | Yemen     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033789]
Heliophanus dux Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994: 35, f. 75-83 (Dmf).
Helafricanus dux Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus edentulus (Simon, 1871) | m f | Nigeria, Mediterranean to Iran     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033790]
Heliophanus edentulus Simon, 1871a: 351 (Dm).
Salticus delectus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872: 326 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059803].
Salticus heliophanoides O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872: 328 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059804].
Salticus aeratus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872: 339 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059802].
Attus delectus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876b: 610, pl. 60, f. 88 (mf).
Heliophanus edentulus Simon, 1937: 1157, 1248, f. 1801 (m).
Salticus aeratus Roewer, 1955c: 1645 (nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium).
Heliophanus edentulus Wesołowska, 1986: 17, f. 96-104 (mf, S of Salticus delectus and S. heliophanoides).
Heliophanus edentulus Metzner, 1999: 98, f. 63a-h (mf).
Heliophanus edentulus Prószyński, 2003: 75, f. 281-286 (mf, S of Salticus aeratus, removed from nomen dubium).
Heliophanus edentulus Lecigne, 2021a: 33, f. 36a-c (m).
Helafricanus edentulus Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus erythropleurus (Kulczyński, 1901) | f | Ethiopia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033793]
Heliophanus erythropleurus Kulczyński, 1901a: 51, pl. 2, f. 49 (Df).
Heliophanus erythropleurus Wesołowska, 1986: 226, f. 828 (f).
Helafricanus erythropleurus Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus fascinatus (Wesołowska, 1986) | m f | Sudan, Congo to South Africa, Yemen     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033796]
Heliophanus fascinatus Wesołowska, 1986: 23, f. 186-198 (Dmf).
Heliophanus fascinatus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009: 44, f. 76-80 (mf).
Heliophanus fascinatus Hänggi & Stäubli, 2012: 71, f. 9.1-4 (m).
Helafricanus fascinatus Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus furvus (Wesołowska & Haddad, 2014) | m f | Lesotho     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047192]
Heliophanus furvus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2014: 239, f. 26-27, 34-40 (Dmf).
Helafricanus furvus Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus giltayi (Lessert, 1933) | m f | Kenya to Angola     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033800]
Heliophanus giltayi Lessert, 1933: 147, f. 64-66 (Dmf).
Heliophanus clercki Caporiacco, 1949a: 477, f. 92a-b (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059805].
Heliophanus giltayi Wesołowska, 1986: 24, f. 201-209 (mf, S of Heliophanus clercki).
Helafricanus giltayi Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus gloriosus (Wesołowska, 1986) | m f | Angola, Botswana     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033803]
Heliophanus gloriosus Wesołowska, 1986: 16, f. 79-89 (Dmf).
Helafricanus gloriosus Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus hastatus (Wesołowska, 1986) | m f | South Africa, Lesotho     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033806]
Heliophanus hastatus Wesołowska, 1986: 24, f. 210-214 (Dm).
Heliophanus hastatus Wesołowska, 2003a: 263, f. 43-48 (m, Df).
Helafricanus hastatus Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus heurtaultae (Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002) | m f | Guinea     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038249]
Heliophanus heurtaultae Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002: 293, f. 8A-F, 9A-D (Dmf).
Helafricanus heurtaultae Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus imperator (Wesołowska, 1986) | m f | Kenya, Malawi     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033810]
Heliophanus imperator Wesołowska, 1986: 25, f. 226-230 (Dm).
Heliophanus gladiator Wesołowska, 1986: 38, f. 438-441 (f; misidentified per Wesołowska, 2003a: 265).
Heliophanus imperator Wesołowska, 2003a: 265, f. 49-54 (mf).
Helafricanus imperator Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus insperatus (Wesołowska, 1986) | m f | Angola, Zimbabwe, South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033813]
Heliophanus insperatus Wesołowska, 1986: 17, f. 90-95 (Dm).
Heliophanus insperatus Wesołowska, 2003a: 268, f. 55-61 (m, Df).
Helafricanus insperatus Wesołowska, 2024: 82, f. 2A-F (mf, T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus jacksoni (Wesołowska, 2011) | m f | Kenya     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044487]
Heliophanus jacksoni Wesołowska, 2011a: 482, f. 1-6 (Dmf).
Helafricanus jacksoni Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus kenyaensis (Wesołowska, 1986) | m f | Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033817]
Heliophanus kenyaensis Wesołowska, 1986: 26, f. 240-252 (Dmf).
Helafricanus kenyaensis Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus kilimanjaroensis (Wesołowska, 1986) | f | Tanzania     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033818]
Heliophanus kilimanjaroensis Wesołowska, 1986: 28, f. 259-260 (Df).
Helafricanus kilimanjaroensis Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus kovacsi (Wesołowska, 2003) | m | Ethiopia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039083]
Heliophanus kovacsi Wesołowska, 2003a: 268, f. 62-66 (Dm).
Helafricanus kovacsi Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus leucopes (Wesołowska, 2003) | m | Ethiopia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039084]
Heliophanus leucopes Wesołowska, 2003a: 270, f. 67-72 (Dm).
Helafricanus leucopes Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus marshalli (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903) | m | South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033828]
Heliophanus marshallii Peckham & Peckham, 1903: 192, pl. 20, f. 5 (Dm).
Heliophanus marshalli Wesołowska, 1986: 16, f. 75-78 (m).
Helafricanus marshalli Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus megae (Wesołowska, 2003) | m f | Zimbabwe     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039086]
Heliophanus megae Wesołowska, 2003a: 274, f. 75-80 (Dm).
Heliophanus megae Wesołowska, 2011b: 316, f. 25-27 (Df).
Helafricanus megae Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus minutissimus (Caporiacco, 1941) | m | Ethiopia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033832]
Evophrys minutissima Caporiacco, 1941b: 139, f. 60 (Dm; preoccupied in Heliophanus by Simon, 1871, see Heliophanus minutissimus, but this name is a nomen dubium).
Euophrys minutissimus Roewer, 1955c: 1179.
Heliophanus minutissima Prószyński, 1987: 40 (T from Euophrys).
Helafricanus minutissimus Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus modicus (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903) | m f | South Africa, Lesotho, Madagascar     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033834]
Heliophanus modicus Peckham & Peckham, 1903: 193, pl. 20, f. 2 (Df).
Heliophanus modicus Wesołowska, 1986: 25, f. 215-225 (f, Dm).
Helafricanus modicus Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus nanus (Wesołowska, 2003) | m f | South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039087]
Heliophanus nanus Wesołowska, 2003a: 274, f. 81-86 (Dmf).
Helafricanus nanus Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus papyri (Wesołowska, 2003) | m | Ethiopia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039088]
Heliophanus papyri Wesołowska, 2003a: 277, f. 91-96 (Dm).
Helafricanus papyri Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus patellaris (Simon, 1901) * | m f | South Africa, Lesotho     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033844]
Heliophanus patellaris Simon, 1901a: 541, 550, f. 667 (m).
Heliophanus patellaris Simon, 1901e: 58, f. 11 (Dm).
Heliophanus patellaris Wesołowska, 1986: 22, f. 163-175 (m, Df).
Heliophanus patellaris Wesołowska & Haddad, 2014: 242, f. 30-31, 49-55 (mf).
Helafricanus patellaris Wesołowska, 2024: 81, f. 1A-H (mf, T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus paulus (Wesołowska, 1986) | m f | Nigeria, Botswana     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033845]
Heliophanus paulus Wesołowska, 1986: 22, f. 180-185 (Dmf).
Heliophanus paulus Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011: 572, f. 65-68 (mf).
Helafricanus paulus Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus pauper (Wesołowska, 1986) | m f | Ethiopia, Zambia, Kenya, Zimbabwe, South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033846]
Heliophanus pauper Wesołowska, 1986: 228, f. 850-851 (Df).
Heliophanus pauper Wesołowska, 2000a: 154, f. 23-29 (f, Dm).
Heliophanus pauper Wesołowska, 2003a: 279, f. 97-100 (m).
Helafricanus pauper Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus pistaciae (Wesołowska, 2003) | m f | Zimbabwe, South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039089]
Heliophanus pistaciae Wesołowska, 2003a: 280, f. 101-107 (Dmf).
Helafricanus pistaciae Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus proszynskii (Wesołowska, 2003) | m f | South Africa, Lesotho     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039090]
Heliophanus proszynskii Wesołowska, 2003a: 282, f. 108-113 (Dmf).
Heliophanus proszynskii Wesołowska & Haddad, 2014: 245, f. 32, 56-61 (mf).
Helafricanus proszynskii Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus rutrosus (Wesołowska, 2003) | m f | Ethiopia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039091]
Heliophanus rutrosus Wesołowska, 2003a: 284, f. 114-121 (Dmf).
Helafricanus rutrosus Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus saudis (Prószyński, 1989) | m f | Saudi Arabia, Yemen     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033856]
Heliophanus saudis Prószyński, 1989a: 37, f. 5-8 (Dm).
Heliophanus saudis Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994: 40, f. 86-92 (m, Df).
Helafricanus saudis Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus transversus (Wesołowska & Haddad, 2014) | m f | Lesotho     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047194]
Heliophanus transversus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2014: 248, f. 62-68 (Dmf).
Helafricanus transversus Wesołowska, 2024: 82 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus trepidus (Simon, 1910) | m f | Southern Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033861]
Heliophanus trepidus Simon, 1910b: 215 (Dm).
Heliophanus tropicus Roewer, 1955c: 1166 (lapsus).
Heliophanus trepidus Wesołowska, 1986: 20, f. 133-147 (m, Df).
Heliophanus trepidus Wesołowska, 2003a: 290, f. 135-137 (m).
Heliophanus trepidus Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008: 185, f. 52-54 (m).
Heliophanus trepidus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009: 46, f. 81, 82 (f).
Heliophanus trepidus Prószyński, 2017b: 31, f. 13G (mf).
Helafricanus trepidus Wesołowska, 2024: 83 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus undecimmaculatus (Caporiacco, 1941) | m f | Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033864]
Heliophanus undecimmaculatus Caporiacco, 1941b: 137, f. 59 (Df).
Heliophanus undecimmaculatus Wesołowska, 1986: 18, f. 105-117 (f, Dm).
Heliophanus undecimmaculatus Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000: 38, f. 71-72 (m).
Helafricanus undecimmaculatus Wesołowska, 2024: 83 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus validus (Wesołowska, 1986) | m f | Kenya     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033867]
Heliophanus validus Wesołowska, 1986: 27, f. 253-258 (Dmf).
Helafricanus validus Wesołowska, 2024: 83 (T from Heliophanus).
Helafricanus xanthopes (Wesołowska, 2003) | m f | Ethiopia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039094]
Heliophanus xanthopes Wesołowska, 2003a: 291, f. 138-145 (Dmf).
Helafricanus xanthopes Wesołowska, 2024: 83 (T from Heliophanus).
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