Helvetia (spider)

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Kingdom Animalia Class Arachnida Family Salticidae		Phylum Arthropoda Order Araneae Subfamily Heliophaninae

Helvetia is a Neotropical genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). The genus name is derived from Helvetia.

Systematics

Helvetia is a small genus belonging to the subfamily Heliophaninae. Currently, it comprises eleven valid species.

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

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