Helafricanus

Helafricanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Helafricanus Wesołowska, 1986
Type species
Heliophanus patellaris Simon, 1901 [1]
Species
See text.
Synonyms
Heliophanus

Heliophanus is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).

Species

As of October 2025 ^[update] , this genus includes 46 species: ^[1]

• Helafricanus aethiopicus (Wesołowska, 2003) – Ethiopia
• Helafricanus alienus (Wesołowska, 1986) – Cameroon
• Helafricanus anymphos (Wesołowska, 2003) – Kenya
• Helafricanus bisulcus (Wesołowska, 1986) – Namibia, South Africa
• Helafricanus bolensis (Wesołowska, 2003) – Ethiopia
• Helafricanus brevis (Wesołowska, 2003) – Ethiopia
• Helafricanus butemboensis (Wesołowska, 1986) – Ivory Coast, DR Congo, Rwanda
• Helafricanus congolensis (Giltay, 1935) – Nigeria, Congo, São Tomé and Príncipe
• Helafricanus crudeni (Lessert, 1925) – Tanzania
• Helafricanus debilis (Simon, 1901) – DR Congo, Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, Lesotho
• Helafricanus decempunctatus (Caporiacco, 1941) – Ethiopia
• Helafricanus demonstrativus (Wesołowska, 1986) – Tanzania, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, Lesotho
• Helafricanus dux (Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994) – Yemen
• Helafricanus edentulus (Simon, 1871) – Nigeria, Mediterranean to Iran
• Helafricanus erythropleurus (Kulczyński, 1901) – Ethiopia
• Helafricanus fascinatus (Wesołowska, 1986) – Ghana, Sudan, DR Congo, Rwanda, Botswana, South Africa, Yemen
• Helafricanus furvus (Wesołowska & Haddad, 2014) – Lesotho
• Helafricanus giltayi (Lessert, 1933) – Kenya to Angola
• Helafricanus gloriosus (Wesołowska, 1986) – Angola, Botswana
• Helafricanus hastatus (Wesołowska, 1986) – South Africa, Lesotho
• Helafricanus heurtaultae (Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002) – Guinea
• Helafricanus imperator (Wesołowska, 1986) – Kenya, Malawi
• Helafricanus insperatus (Wesołowska, 1986) – DR Congo, Angola, Zimbabwe, South Africa
• Helafricanus jacksoni (Wesołowska, 2011) – Kenya
• Helafricanus kenyaensis (Wesołowska, 1986) – Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania
• Helafricanus kilimanjaroensis (Wesołowska, 1986) – Tanzania
• Helafricanus kovacsi (Wesołowska, 2003) – Ethiopia
• Helafricanus leucopes (Wesołowska, 2003) – Ethiopia
• Helafricanus marshalli (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903) – South Africa
• Helafricanus megae (Wesołowska, 2003) – Zimbabwe
• Helafricanus minutissimus (Caporiacco, 1941) – Ethiopia
• Helafricanus modicus (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903) – South Africa, Lesotho, Madagascar
• Helafricanus nanus (Wesołowska, 2003) – Namibia, South Africa
• Helafricanus papyri (Wesołowska, 2003) – Ethiopia
• Helafricanus patellaris (Simon, 1901) – South Africa, Lesotho (type species)
• Helafricanus paulus (Wesołowska, 1986) – Nigeria, Botswana
• Helafricanus pauper (Wesołowska, 1986) – Ethiopia, Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa
• Helafricanus pistaciae (Wesołowska, 2003) – Zimbabwe, South Africa
• Helafricanus proszynskii (Wesołowska, 2003) – South Africa, Lesotho
• Helafricanus rutrosus (Wesołowska, 2003) – Ethiopia
• Helafricanus saudis (Prószyński, 1989) – Saudi Arabia, Yemen
• Helafricanus transversus (Wesołowska & Haddad, 2014) – Lesotho
• Helafricanus trepidus (Simon, 1910) – Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa
• Helafricanus undecimmaculatus (Caporiacco, 1941) – Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania
• Helafricanus validus (Wesołowska, 1986) – Kenya
• Helafricanus xanthopes (Wesołowska, 2003) – Ethiopia

References

1. "Genus Helafricanus". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-01.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Helafricanus at iNaturalist