Biology:Paraheliophanus

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Paraheliophanus
Scientific classification e
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
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873)
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

(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. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Paraheliophanus Clark & Benoit, 1977. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2853. Retrieved 2019-09-08. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Clark, D. J.; Benoit, P. L. G. (1977), "Fam. Salticidae", La faune terrestre de l'île de Sainte-Hélène IV 

Wikidata ☰ Q1134385 entry