Helvetia (spider)
Helvetia is a Neotropical genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). The genus name is derived from Helvetia.
| Helvetia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Helvetia Peckham & Peckham, 1894 |
| Type species | |
| Helvetia santarema Peckham & Peckham, 1894 | |
| Species | |
Systematics
Helvetia is a small genus belonging to the subfamily Salticinae. Currently, it comprises eleven valid species.[1]
- Helvetia albovittata Simon, 1901 – Paraguay, Argentina, Galapagos Islands
- Helvetia cancrimana (Taczanowski, 1872) – Brazil, Argentina, French Guiana
- Helvetia galianoae Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008 – Argentina
- Helvetia humillima Mello-Leitão, 1943 – Brazil
- Helvetia insularis (Banks, 1902) – junior synonym of Helvetia albovittata
- Helvetia labiata Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008 – Brazil
- Helvetia rinaldiae Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008 – Brazil
- Helvetia riojanensis Galiano, 1965 – Argentina
- Helvetia roeweri (Soares & Camargo, 1948)
- Helvetia santarema Peckham & Peckham, 1894 – Brazil, Argentina
- Helvetia semialba (Simon, 1901) – Brazil
- Helvetia stridulans Ruiz & Brescovit, 2008 – Brazil
- Helvetia zebrina Simon, 1901 – junior synonym of Helvetia cancrimana
- Helvetia zonata Simon, 1901 – junior synonym of Helvetia cancrimana
Footnotes
- 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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