Heliophanus gramineus

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Mottled Heliophanus Sunny Jumping Spider
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Heliophanus
Species:
H. gramineus
Binomial name
Heliophanus gramineus

Heliophanus gramineus is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae. [2] It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as the mottled Heliophanus sunny jumping spider. [3]

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Distribution

Heliophanus gramineus is found only in South Africa, [2] where it has been sampled from Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, and Mpumalanga. [3]

Habitat and ecology

All known specimens were collected by beating vegetation, litter sifting and hand collecting, especially at the bases of grasses. The species has been sampled from the Grassland, Savanna and Thicket biomes at altitudes ranging from 120 to 1498 m. [3]

Description

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This species is distinctively coloured, with the abdomen being creamy-grey with transverse brown spots. [3]

Conservation

Heliophanus gramineus is listed as of Least Concern by the South African National Biodiversity Institute due to its wide geographical range. There are no known threats to the species. It is protected in five protected areas in South Africa. [3]

Taxonomy

The female of Heliophanus gramineus was described by Wesołowska and Haddad in 2013 from Hogsback in Eastern Cape. [1] The male was described by the same authors in 2018. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Wesołowska, W.; Haddad, C. R. (2013). "New data on the jumping spiders of South Africa (Araneae: Salticidae)". African Invertebrates. 54 (1): 177–240. doi: 10.5733/afin.054.0111 . S2CID   59450669.
  2. 1 2 World Spider Catalog (2017). "Heliophanus gramineus Wesolowska & Haddad, 2013". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Walt, V. van der; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2025). The Salticidae of South Africa. Part 3 (He-Iran). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 38. doi:10.5281/zenodo.17103454. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  4. ↑ Wesołowska, W.; Haddad, C.R. (2018). "Further additions to the jumping spider fauna of South Africa (Araneae: Salticidae)". Annales Zoologici, Warszawa. 68 (4): 879–908. doi:10.3161/00034541ANZ2018.68.4.011.
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