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Sun Jumping Spiders
Heliophanus
Heliophanus is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Most of the almost 170 described species occur in Africa, with many others found in the Palearctic region from Europe to Japan.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Copper Sun Jumper
speciesHeliophanus cupreus

Heliophanus kochii
speciesHeliophanus kochii

Heliophanus tribulosus
speciesHeliophanus tribulosus

Heliophanus apiatus
speciesHeliophanus apiatus

Heliophanus auratus
speciesHeliophanus auratus

Heliophanus flavipes
speciesHeliophanus flavipes

Heliophanus melinus
speciesHeliophanus melinus

Heliophanus hamifer
speciesHeliophanus hamifer

Heliophanus aeneus
speciesHeliophanus aeneus

Heliophanus dubius
speciesHeliophanus dubius

Heliophanus lineiventris
speciesHeliophanus lineiventris

Heliophanus equester
speciesHeliophanus equester

Heliophanus patagiatus
speciesHeliophanus patagiatus

Heliophanus potanini
speciesHeliophanus potanini

Heliophanus mediocinctus
speciesHeliophanus mediocinctus

Heliophanus chovdensis
speciesHeliophanus chovdensis

Heliophanus simplex
speciesHeliophanus simplex

Heliophanus ussuricus
speciesHeliophanus ussuricus

Heliophanus agricola
speciesHeliophanus agricola

Heliophanus rufithorax
speciesHeliophanus rufithorax

Heliophanus curvidens
speciesHeliophanus curvidens

Heliophanus camtschadalicus
speciesHeliophanus camtschadalicus

Heliophanus wesolowskae
speciesHeliophanus wesolowskae

Heliophanus mordax
speciesHeliophanus mordax

Heliophanus canariensis
speciesHeliophanus canariensis

Heliophanus koktas
speciesHeliophanus koktas

Heliophanus creticus
speciesHeliophanus creticus

Heliophanus gramineus
speciesHeliophanus gramineus

Heliophanus konradthaleri
speciesHeliophanus konradthaleri

Heliophanus fuerteventurae
speciesHeliophanus fuerteventurae

Heliophanus dunini
speciesHeliophanus dunini

Heliophanus ramosus
speciesHeliophanus ramosus

Heliophanus bisulcus
speciesHeliophanus bisulcus

Heliophanus excentricus
speciesHeliophanus excentricus

Pygmy sun jumping spider
speciesHeliophanus pygmaeus

Heliophanus parvus
speciesHeliophanus parvus

Heliophanus africanus
speciesHeliophanus africanus

Heliophanus sororius
speciesHeliophanus sororius

Heliophanus variabilis
speciesHeliophanus variabilis
Heliophanus haymozi
speciesHeliophanus haymozi
Heliophanus ibericus
speciesHeliophanus ibericus
Heliophanus feltoni
speciesHeliophanus feltoni

Heliophanus agricoloides
speciesHeliophanus agricoloides

Heliophanus encifer
speciesHeliophanus encifer
Heliophanus comorensis
speciesHeliophanus comorensis
Heliophanus imerinensis
speciesHeliophanus imerinensis
Heliophanus innominatus
speciesHeliophanus innominatus
Heliophanus mucronatus
speciesHeliophanus mucronatus
Heliophanus mauricianus
speciesHeliophanus mauricianus
Heliophanus turanicus
speciesHeliophanus turanicus
Heliophanus kovacsi
speciesHeliophanus kovacsi
Heliophanus menemeriformis
speciesHeliophanus menemeriformis
Heliophanus ochrichelis
speciesHeliophanus ochrichelis
Heliophanus imperator
speciesHeliophanus imperator
Heliophanus maralal
speciesHeliophanus maralal
Heliophanus minor
speciesHeliophanus minor
Heliophanus malus
speciesHeliophanus malus
Heliophanus glaucus
speciesHeliophanus glaucus
Heliophanus sinaicus
speciesHeliophanus sinaicus
Heliophanus baicalensis
speciesHeliophanus baicalensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 141760.