| Heliophanus pygmaeus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Heliophanus |
| Species: | H. pygmaeus |
| Binomial name | |
| Heliophanus pygmaeus Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 | |
Heliophanus pygmaeus is a jumping spider that lives in Senegal, Tanzania, South Africa and Zimbabwe. [1] [2]
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Pellenes modicus is a jumping spider species in the genus Pellenes that lives in South Africa and Tanzania. It was first described in 2000.
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