Helvetia (spider)

Helvetia is a Neotropical genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). The genus name is derived from Helvetia.

Systematics

Helvetia is a small genus belonging to the subfamily Salticinae. Currently, it comprises eleven valid species.

• Helvetia albovittata <small>Simon, 1901</small> – Paraguay, Argentina, Galapagos Islands
• Helvetia cancrimana <small>(Taczanowski, 1872)</small> – Brazil, Argentina, French Guiana
• Helvetia galianoae <small>Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008</small> – Argentina
• Helvetia humillima <small>Mello-Leitão, 1943</small> – Brazil
• Helvetia insularis <small>(Banks, 1902)</small> – junior synonym of Helvetia albovittata
• Helvetia labiata <small>Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008</small> – Brazil
• Helvetia rinaldiae <small>Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008</small> – Brazil
• Helvetia riojanensis <small>Galiano, 1965</small> – Argentina
• Helvetia roeweri <small>(Soares & Camargo, 1948)</small>
• Helvetia santarema <small>Peckham & Peckham, 1894</small> – Brazil, Argentina
• Helvetia semialba <small>(Simon, 1901)</small> – Brazil
• Helvetia stridulans <small>Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008</small> – Brazil
• Helvetia zebrina <small>Simon, 1901</small> – junior synonym of Helvetia cancrimana
• Helvetia zonata <small>Simon, 1901</small> – junior synonym of Helvetia cancrimana

Footnotes

References

• (2008): Revision of Helvetia (Araneae: Salticidae: Heliophaninae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 25(1): 139–147.
• (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.

External links

• Color drawing of Helvetia species from Brazil