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.
Distribution
Heliophanus is an Old World genus. Its range extends throughout Europe, North and southern Africa, and much of Asia. Several species are also endemic to various islands, including the Canary Islands, Madagascar.
Two species have been introduced to the United States, and one to Brazil.
Species
Species
, this genus includes 91 species:
- Heliophanus abditus <small>WesoÃ
Âowska, 1986</small> â Syria, Yemen, United Arab Emirates
- Heliophanus activus <small>(Blackwall, 1877)</small> â Seychelles
- Heliophanus acutissimus <small>WesoÃ
Âowska, 1986</small> â Algeria
- Heliophanus aeneus <small>(Hahn, 1832)</small> â Europe, Turkey, Caucasus? Central Asia?
- Heliophanus africanus <small>WesoÃ
Âowska, 1986</small> â South Africa
- Heliophanus agricola <small>WesoÃ
Âowska, 1986</small> â Algeria, Portugal, Spain
- Heliophanus agricoloides <small>Wunderlich, 1987</small> â Canary Islands
- Heliophanus apiatus <small>Simon, 1868</small> â Portugal to Italy, Turkey. Introduced to United States
- Heliophanus auratus <small>C. L. Koch, 1835</small> â Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan, Central Asia, China
- Heliophanus baicalensis <small>KulczyÃ
Âski, 1895</small> â Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East), Mongolia, China
- Heliophanus camtschadalicus <small>KulczyÃ
Âski, 1885</small> â Sweden, Russia (Europe to Far East)
- Heliophanus canariensis <small>WesoÃ
Âowska, 1986</small> â Canary Islands
- Heliophanus chovdensis <small>PrószyÃ
Âski, 1982</small> â Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, China
- Heliophanus comorensis <small>Dierkens, 2012</small> â Comoros, Mayotte
- Heliophanus conspicuus <small>WesoÃ
Âowska, 1986</small> â Algeria
- Heliophanus creticus <small>Giltay, 1932</small> â Greece (Crete)
- Heliophanus cupreus <small>(Walckenaer, 1802)</small> â Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to West Siberia), Iran, Afghanistan, China (type species)
- Heliophanus curvidens <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)</small> â Turkey, Caucasus, Israel to China, India
- Heliophanus cuspidatus <small>Xiao, 2000</small> â China
- Heliophanus dampfi <small>Schenkel, 1923</small> â Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East)
- Heliophanus decoratus <small>L. Koch, 1875</small> â Mediterranean to Iran
- Heliophanus deformis <small>WesoÃ
Âowska, 1986</small> â Angola, South Africa
- Heliophanus designatus <small>(G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903)</small> â South Africa
- Heliophanus difficilis <small>WesoÃ
Âowska, 1986</small> â DR Congo, Mozambique
- Heliophanus dubius <small>C. L. Koch, 1835</small> â Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, China
- Heliophanus dunini <small>Rakov & , 1997</small> â Turkey, Ukraine, Caucasus, Iran, Kazakhstan
- Heliophanus encifer <small>Simon, 1871</small> â Mediterranean
- Heliophanus equester <small>L. Koch, 1867</small> â Italy to Azerbaijan, Iran
- Heliophanus eucharis <small>Simon, 1887</small> â Ivory Coast
- Heliophanus excentricus <small>Ledoux, 2007</small> â Comoros, Mayotte, Réunion
- Heliophanus falcatus <small>WesoÃ
Âowska, 1986</small> â DR Congo, Angola
- Heliophanus feltoni <small>Logunov, 2009</small> â Turkey
- Heliophanus flavipes <small>(Hahn, 1832)</small> â Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, China
- Heliophanus forcipifer <small>KulczyÃ
Âski, 1895</small> â Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Iran
- Heliophanus fuerteventurae <small>Schmidt & Krause, 1996</small> â Canary Islands
- Heliophanus gladiator <small>WesoÃ
Âowska, 1986</small> â Kenya, Malawi
- Heliophanus glaucus <small> & , 1895</small> â Libya, Egypt, Iran
- Heliophanus gramineus <small>WesoÃ
Âowska & , 2013</small> â South Africa
- Heliophanus hamifer <small>Simon, 1886</small> â Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, Comoros, Mayotte, Seychelles, Madagascar. Introduced to Brazil
- Heliophanus haymozi <small>Logunov, 2015</small> â Portugal, Spain
- Heliophanus horrifer <small>WesoÃ
Âowska, 1986</small> â South Africa
- Heliophanus ibericus <small>WesoÃ
Âowska, 1986</small> â Spain
- Heliophanus imerinensis <small>Simon, 1901</small> â Madagascar
- Heliophanus improcerus <small>WesoÃ
Âowska, 1986</small> â DR Congo, Uganda, Mozambique
- Heliophanus innominatus <small>WesoÃ
Âowska, 1986</small> â Madagascar
- Heliophanus inversus <small>Barrientos & Febrer, 2018</small> â Spain (Menorca)
- Heliophanus iranus <small>WesoÃ
Âowska, 1986</small> â Iran
- Heliophanus kankanensis <small>Berland & Millot, 1941</small> â Guinea, DR Congo, Uganda, Angola
- Heliophanus kavar <small>Logunov, 2023</small> â Iran
- Heliophanus kochii <small>Simon, 1868</small> â Macaronesia, North Africa, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Middle East, Iran, Kazakhstan. Introduced to Canada, United States
- Heliophanus koktas <small>Logunov, 1992</small> â Russia (Europe), Kazakhstan
- Heliophanus konradthaleri <small>Logunov, 2009</small> â Turkey
- Heliophanus lawrencei <small>WesoÃ
Âowska, 1986</small> â Ghana, DR Congo, Angola
- Heliophanus lineiventris <small>Simon, 1868</small> â Europe (not British Is., Scandinavia), Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), China, Mongolia, Korea, Japan
- Heliophanus lugubris <small>(Vinson, 1863)</small> â Madagascar
- Heliophanus macentensis <small>Berland & Millot, 1941</small> â Guinea, Ivory Coast, DR Congo, Uganda, Kenya
- Heliophanus machaerodus <small>Simon, 1909</small> â Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia
- Heliophanus malus <small>WesoÃ
Âowska, 1986</small> â Syria, Israel
- Heliophanus maralal <small>WesoÃ
Âowska, 2003</small> â Kenya
- Heliophanus mauricianus <small>Simon, 1901</small> â Mauritius, Réunion
- Heliophanus mediocinctus <small>KulczyÃ
Âski, 1898</small> â Austria
- Heliophanus melinus <small>L. Koch, 1867</small> â Europe (not British Is., Scandinavia), Turkey
- Heliophanus minimus <small>WesoÃ
Âowska & , 2022</small> â Ivory Coast
- Heliophanus minor <small>Dawidowicz & WesoÃ
Âowska, 2016</small> â Kenya
- Heliophanus mordax <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)</small> â Greece and Egypt to Central Asia, Iran, Afghanistan
- Heliophanus mucronatus <small>Simon, 1901</small> â Madagascar
- Heliophanus nobilis <small>WesoÃ
Âowska, 1986</small> â DR Congo
- Heliophanus ochrichelis <small>Strand, 1907</small> â Tanzania
- Heliophanus parvus <small>WesoÃ
Âowska & van Harten, 1994</small> â Yemen (Socotra)
- Heliophanus patagiatus <small>Thorell, 1875</small> â Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Central Asia, China, Mongolia
- Heliophanus potanini <small>Schenkel, 1963</small> â Russia (Europe), Iran, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Mongolia, China
- Heliophanus pratti <small>G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903</small> â Namibia, South Africa
- Heliophanus pygmaeus <small>WesoÃ
Âowska & Russell-Smith, 2000</small> â Senegal, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa
- Heliophanus ramosus <small>WesoÃ
Âowska, 1986</small> â Algeria, Portugal, Spain
- Heliophanus rufithorax <small>Simon, 1868</small> â Southern Europe to Central Asia
- Heliophanus similior <small>Ledoux, 2007</small> â Réunion
- Heliophanus simplex <small>Simon, 1868</small> â Europe, Turkey, Russia (Caucasus), China
- Heliophanus sinaicus <small>Logunov, 2015</small> â Egypt
- Heliophanus sororius <small>WesoÃ
Âowska, 2003</small> â South Africa, Lesotho
- Heliophanus splendidus <small>WesoÃ
Âowska, 2003</small> â Nigeria, Congo
- Heliophanus stylifer <small>Simon, 1878</small> â Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia
- Heliophanus tenuitas <small>WesoÃ
Âowska, 2011</small> â Zimbabwe
- Heliophanus tribulosus <small>Simon, 1868</small> â Europe to Kazakhstan
- Heliophanus turanicus <small>Charitonov, 1969</small> â Kazakhstan, Central Asia
- Heliophanus ussuricus <small>KulczyÃ
Âski, 1895</small> â Russia (West Siberia to Far East), Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan
- Heliophanus uvirensis <small>WesoÃ
Âowska, 1986</small> â Congo
- Heliophanus variabilis <small>(Vinson, 1863)</small> â Réunion
- Heliophanus verus <small>WesoÃ
Âowska, 1986</small> â Azerbaijan, Iran
- Heliophanus wesolowskae <small>Rakov & Logunov, 1997</small> â Central Asia
- Heliophanus wulingensis <small>Peng & Xie, 1996</small> â China
- Heliophanus xerxesi <small>Logunov, 2009</small> â Iran
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