| Taxon | Paraheliophanus |
|---|---|
| Authority | Clark & Benoit, 1977[1] |
| Type species | P. subinstructus |
| Type species authority | (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) |
| Subdivision ranks | Species |
| Subdivision | 4, see text |
Paraheliophanus is a genus of Atlantic jumping spiders that was first described by D. J. Clark & P. L. G. Benoit in 1977.[2] The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek "para" (παρά), meaning "alongside", and the salticid genus Heliophanus.[2]
Species
As of August 2019 it contains four species, found only on Saint Helena:[1]
- Paraheliophanus jeanae Clark & Benoit, 1977 – St. Helena
- Paraheliophanus napoleon Clark & Benoit, 1977 – St. Helena
- Paraheliophanus sanctaehelenae Clark & Benoit, 1977 – St. Helena
- Paraheliophanus subinstructus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) (type) – St. Helena
References
- ^ "Gen. Paraheliophanus Clark & Benoit, 1977". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
- ^ Clark, D. J. & Benoit, P. L. G. (1977), "Fam. Salticidae", "La faune terrestre de l'île de Sainte-Hélène IV"