Paraheliophanus

Paraheliophanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Heliophaninae
Genus: Paraheliophanus
Clark & Benoit, 1977
Type species
Salticus subinstructus
O. P-Cambridge, 1873
Species

see text

Diversity
4 species

Paraheliophanus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). All four described species are endemic to St. Helena.

Name

The genus name is derived from Greek para "alongside" and the salticid genus Heliophanus.

Species

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