Helvetia (genus)

Taxobox


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name = "Helvetia"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Salticidae
subfamilia = Heliophaninae
genus = "Helvetia"
genus_authority = Peckham & Peckham, 1894
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Helvetia
diversity = 11 species
type_species = "Helvetia santarema"
type_species_authority = Peckham & Peckham, 1894
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subdivision_ranks = Species
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"Helvetia" is a Neotropical genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). The genus name is derived from Helvetia.

ystematics

"Helvetia" is a small genus belonging to the subfamily Heliophaninae. Currently, it comprises eleven valid species. [Ruiz & Brescovit 2008]

* "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
* "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)
* "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

References

* (2008): Revision of "Helvetia" (Araneae: Salticidae: Heliophaninae). "Revista Brasileira de Zoologia" 25(1): 139–147.
* (2008): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 9.0. "American Museum of Natural History".

External links

* [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/helvetia/helvetia.htm Color drawing of "Helvetia" species from Brazil]