Heliophanillus fulgens

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Heliophanillus fulgens
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Heliophanillus
Species:
H. fulgens
Binomial name
Heliophanillus fulgens

Heliophanillus fulgens is a jumping spider species in the genus Heliophanillus that can be found in a large distribution that extends from Greece to Central Asia. The species, which was first described in 1872, was originally named Salticus fulgens, but was later placed successively in the genera Euophrys and Icius before the current name was agreed in 1989. The spider is small, ranging in body length between 2.25 and 3.3 millimetres (0.09 and 0.13 in), the female being larger than the male. It is rusty brown with white hairs and primarily lives around the Eastern Mediterranean from Greece into North Africa and Asia.

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Taxonomy

The species was first described in 1872 by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge and named Salticus fulgens, in the genus Salticus . [1] In 1876, Eugène Simon named a spider in the Euophrys as Euophrys fulgens, but then subsequently described the same spider in 1890, in its female form, and 1901, in its male form, but named Heliophanus lucipeta. [2] In 1986, Wanda Wesołowska transferred Heliophanus lucipeta to the species Pseudicius . [3] In 1988, Wesołowska transferred both species to the genus Icius as Icius fulgens and Icius lucipeta respectively. [4] The following year, Jerzy Prószyński transferred them to the genus Heliophanillus and described another spider species, although the male only, called Heliophanillus arabicus. [5] In 1994, this new species was recognised as a synonym of Heliophanus fulgens and, finally, in 2007, Heliophanillus lucipeta was also named as a synonym of the species. [6] [2]

Description

Heliophanillus fulgens is a small jumping spider. It is rusty brown with white hairs and clear orange-brown iridescent scales. The male is between 2.25 and 2.9 millimetres (0.09 and 0.11 in) in body length, while the female is larger, typically with a body 3.3 millimetres (0.13 in) long. [7]

Distribution

Heliophanillus fulgens can be found in a large distribution that extends from Greece into Central Asia and North Africa, including Iran, Libya, and Turkey. [2] The spider mainly lives in the area around the Eastern Mediterranean, but has also been identified as far east as Afghanistan. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1872). "General list of the spiders of Palestine and Syria, with descriptions of numerous new species, and characters of two new genera". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 40 (1): 212–354.
  2. 1 2 3 World Spider Catalog (2017). "Heliophanillus fulgens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  3. ↑ Wesołowska, W. (1986). "A Revision of the Genus Heliophanus C. L. Koch, 1833 (Aranei: Salticidae)". Annales Zoologici, Warszawa. 40: 1–254.
  4. ↑ Wesołowska, W. (1988). "Redescriptions of three species of the genus Icius Simon, 1876 (Aranei: Salticidae)". Annales Zoologici, Warszawa. 41: 395–402.
  5. ↑ Prószyński, J. (1989). "Salticidae (Araneae) of Saudi Arabia". Fauna Saudi Arabia. 10: 31–64.
  6. ↑ Wesołowska, W.; Van Harten, A. (2007). "Additions to the knowledge of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of Yemen". Fauna of Arabia. 23: 189–269.
  7. ↑ Nentwig, W.; Blick, T.; Gloor, D.; Hänggi, A.; Kropf, C. (2017). "Heliophanillus fulgens (O. P.-Cambridge, 1872)". Spiders of Europe. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  8. ↑ Logunov, Dmitri V. (2021). "Further notes on the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of Afghanistan". Arachnology. 18 (8): 824.
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