Helvetia (spider)

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Helvetia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Helvetia
Peckham & Peckham, 1894
Type species

Peckham & Peckham, 1894
Species

See text.

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.[1]

  • Simon, 1901 – Paraguay, Argentina, Galapagos Islands
  • (Taczanowski, 1872) – Brazil, Argentina, French Guiana
  • Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008 – Argentina
  • Mello-Leitão, 1943 – Brazil
  • Helvetia insularis (Banks, 1902) – junior synonym of Helvetia albovittata
  • Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008 – Brazil
  • Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008 – Brazil
  • Galiano, 1965 – Argentina
  • (Soares & Camargo, 1948)
  • Peckham & Peckham, 1894 – Brazil, Argentina
  • Helvetia semialba (Simon, 1901) – Brazil
  • Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008 – Brazil
  • Helvetia zebrina Simon, 1901 – junior synonym of Helvetia cancrimana
  • Helvetia zonata Simon, 1901 – junior synonym of Helvetia cancrimana

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ Ruiz & Brescovit 2008

References[]

  • Ruiz, G.R.S & Brescovit, A.D. (2008): Revision of Helvetia (Araneae: Salticidae: Heliophaninae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 25(1): 139–147.
  • Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.

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