World Spider Catalog

Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Lyssomanidae Blackwall, 1877 by Galiano, 1976b: 67; for illustrations of scale morphology of about 60 species, see Hill, 1979; for the phylogeny within the family see Maddison & Hedin, 2003b, Maddison, 2015, Maddison et al., 2017, Prószyński, 2017b and Zhang et al., 2024f; the subfamilies Asemoneinae Maddison, 2015, Eupoinae Maddison, 2015, Hisponinae Simon 1901, Lyssomaninae, Onomastinae Maddison, 2015, Salticinae and Spartaeinae Wanless, 1984 are confirmed by Zhang et al., 2024f: 347.

Gen. Heliocapensis Wesołowska, 1986 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06130

type Heliophanus peckhami Simon, 1902; gender masculine

N.B.: elevated from subgenus of Heliophanus C. L. Koch, 1833 by Wesołowska, 2024: 83.

In synonymy:

Heliocapensis beardi (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903) = Heliocapensis peckhami (Simon, 1902) (Wesołowska, 1986: 13, sub Heliophanus)

Heliocapensis thaleri (Wesołowska, 2009, T from Heliophanus) = Heliocapensis termitophagus (Wesołowska & Haddad, 2002) (Wesołowska, 2024: 90)

Heliocapensis aberdarensis (Wesołowska, 1986) | | Kenya, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033744

Heliophanus aberdarensis Wesołowska, 1986: 224, f. 793-794 (Df) Original description

Heliophanus aberdarensis Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013: 202, f. 72-79 (f, Dm)

Heliocapensis aberdarensis Wesołowska, 2024: 84 (T from Heliophanus)

Heliocapensis aberdarensis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025c: 22, f. 1-8 (mf)

Heliocapensis bellus (Wesołowska, 1986) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033757

Heliophanus bellus Wesołowska, 1986: 14, f. 39-44 (Dm) Original description

Heliocapensis bellus Wesołowska, 2024: 84 (T from Heliophanus)

Heliocapensis bellus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025c: 23, f. 1-3 (m)

Heliocapensis capensis (Wesołowska, 1986) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033763

Heliophanus capensis Wesołowska, 1986: 12, f. 12-17 (Df) Original description

Heliocapensis capensis Wesołowska, 2024: 84 (T from Heliophanus)

Heliocapensis capensis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025c: 24, f. 1-4 (f)

Heliocapensis charlesi (Wesołowska, 2003) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039082

Heliophanus charlesi Wesołowska, 2003a: 259, f. 30-35 (Dmf) Original description

Heliocapensis charlesi Wesołowska, 2024: 84 (T from Heliophanus)

Heliocapensis charlesi Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025c: 25, f. 1-10 (mf)

Heliocapensis chikangawanus (Wesołowska, 1986) | | Angola, Malawi urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033766

Heliophanus chikangawanus Wesołowska, 1986: 225, f. 814-818 (Dm) Original description

Heliocapensis chicangawanus Wesołowska, 2024: 84 (lapsus, T from Heliophanus)

Heliocapensis claviger (Simon, 1901) | | Mozambique, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033769

Heliophanus claviger Simon, 1901e: 56, f. 9 (Dmf) Original description

Heliophanus claviger Wesołowska, 1986: 15, f. 54-63 (mf)

Heliophanus claviger Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009: 41, f. 68-72 (m)

Heliocapensis claviger Wesołowska, 2024: 84 (T from Heliophanus)

Heliocapensis claviger Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025c: 26, f. 1-10 (mf)

Heliocapensis deserticola (Simon, 1901) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033785

Heliophanus deserticola Simon, 1901e: 59, f. 13 (Dm) Original description

Heliophanus deserticola Wesołowska, 1986: 12, f. 4-9 (m, Df)

Heliophanus deserticola Prószyński, 2017b: 31, f. 13H (mf)

Heliocapensis deserticola Wesołowska, 2024: 84 (T from Heliophanus)

Heliocapensis deserticola Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025c: 27, f. 1-7 (mf)

Heliocapensis lola Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025 | | Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066111

Heliocapensis lola Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025: 835, f. 24A-D (Df) Original description

Heliocapensis maluti (Wesołowska & Haddad, 2014) | | South Africa, Lesotho urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047193

Heliophanus maluti Wesołowska & Haddad, 2014: 241, f. 28-29, 41-47 (Dmf) Original description

Heliocapensis maluti Wesołowska, 2024: 84 (T from Heliophanus)

Heliocapensis maluti Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025c: 28, f. 1-4 (mf)

Heliocapensis mirabilis (Wesołowska, 1986) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033833

Heliophanus mirabilis Wesołowska, 1986: 14, f. 50-53 (Dm) Original description

Heliophanus mirabilis Haddad & Wesołowska, 2013: 480, f. 44-47, 53 (m)

Heliocapensis mirabilis Wesołowska, 2024: 85 (T from Heliophanus)

Heliocapensis mirabilis Haddad & Wesołowska, 2024: 134, f. 3B, E, 4A-G, 5A-E (m, Df)

Heliocapensis mirabilis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025c: 29, f. 1-8 (mf)

Heliocapensis peckhami (Simon, 1902) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033847 TYPE SPECIES

Heliophanus peckhami Simon, 1902d: 26 (Dm) Original description

Heliophanus beardii Peckham & Peckham, 1903: 189, pl. 20, f. 6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059806]

Heliophanus peckhami Wesołowska, 1986: 13, f. 18-38 (mf, S of Heliophanus beardi)

Heliocapensis peckhami Wesołowska, 2024: 83, f. 3A-I (mf, T from Heliophanus)

Heliocapensis peckhami Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025c: 30, f. 1-6 (mf)

Heliocapensis portentosus (Wesołowska, 1986) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033848

Heliophanus portentosus Wesołowska, 1986: 14, f. 45-49 (Dm) Original description

Heliocapensis portentosus Wesołowska, 2024: 85 (T from Heliophanus)

Heliocapensis portentosus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025c: 31, f. 1 (m)

Heliocapensis redimitus (Simon, 1910) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033853

Heliophanus redimitus Simon, 1910b: 216 (Df) Original description

Heliophanus redimitus Wesołowska, 1986: 12, f. 10-11 (f)

Heliocapensis redimitus Wesołowska, 2024: 85 (T from Heliophanus)

Heliocapensis redimitus Haddad & Wesołowska, 2024: 136, f. 6A-B (f)

Heliocapensis redimitus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025c: 32, f. 1-3 (f)

Heliocapensis termitophagus (Wesołowska & Haddad, 2002) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039092

Heliophanus termitophagus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2002: 198, f. 1A-F, 2A-F (Dmf; N.B.: spelled termiophagus in species heading, but correct elsewhere) Original description

Heliophanus thaleri Wesołowska, 2009d: 1409, f. 1-5 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042971]

Heliocapensis termitophagus Wesołowska, 2024: 85, 90 (S of Heliophanus thaleri, T from Heliophanus)

Heliocapensis termitophagus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025c: 33, f. 1-7 (mf)