Paraheliophanus

<i>Paraheliophanus</i>

Paraheliophanus

Genus of spiders

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]

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Species

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

  • Paraheliophanus jeanae Clark & Benoit, 1977 – St. Helena
  • Paraheliophanus napoleon Clark & Benoit, 1977 – St. Helena
  • Paraheliophanus sanctaehelenae Clark & Benoit, 1977 – St. Helena
  • Paraheliophanus subinstructus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) (type) – St. Helena

References

  1. [1]
    "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. [2]
    Clark, D. J.; Benoit, P. L. G. (1977), "Fam. Salticidae", La faune terrestre de l'île de Sainte-Hélène IV


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