Biology:Heliocapensis bellus
| Clanwilliam Heliocapensis Sunny Jumping Spider | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Species: | Template:Taxonomy/HeliocapensisH. bellus
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| Template:Taxonomy/HeliocapensisHeliocapensis bellus (Wesołowska, 1986)[1]
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Heliocapensis bellus is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae.[2] It is endemic to the Western Cape and is commonly known as the Clanwilliam Heliocapensis sunny jumping spider.[3]
Distribution
Heliocapensis bellus is known only from two localities in the Western Cape near Clanwilliam and Darling.[3]
Habitat and ecology
Free living plant dwellers sampled from the Fynbos Biome at 78 m.[3]
Description
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Conservation
Heliocapensis bellus is listed as Data Deficient for Taxonomic reasons due to its small range.[3] Some more sampling is needed to collect the female and determine the species' range.[3]
Taxonomy
The species is known only from the male.[3] It was transferred to Heliocapensis by Wesołowska in 2024.[4] This species is likely a synonym and the unknown male of H. capensis, as they were collected from the same locality at the same time.[3]
References
- ↑ Wesołowska, W. (1986). "A revision of the genus Heliophanus C. L. Koch, 1833 (Aranei: Salticidae)". Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 40: 1-254.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Heliocapensis bellus (Wesołowska, 1986)". World Spider Catalog. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/species/29790. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Van der Walt, V.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2025). The Salticidae of South Africa. Part 3 (He-Iran). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 27. doi:10.5281/zenodo.17103454.
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- ↑ Wesołowska, W. (2024). "Taxonomic notes on the genus Heliophanus C.L. Koch, 1833, with description of three additional genera (Araneae: Salticidae: Chrysillini)". Zootaxa 5405 (1): 80-92. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5405.1.3.
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