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Genus: Heliophanus C. L. Koch, 1833 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Heliophanus imerinensis Simon, 1901

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033809

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Described:

Distribution: Madagascar

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026) | Salticidae Database Prószyński (2025) | GBIF

Type Repository Provide information

It is widely assumed that most of the type material from Simon can be found in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, France -

Taxonomic References

Heliophanus imerinensis Simon, 1901e: 53, f. 3 (Dm) Original description

Heliophanus imerinensis Wesołowska, 1986: 37, f. 412-419 (m)

References

Simon, E. (1901e). Etudes arachnologiques. 31e Mémoire. XLVIII. Etude sur les Heliophanus d'Afrique et de Madagascar. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 70(1): 52-61. -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. (1986). A revision of the genus Heliophanus C. L. Koch, 1833 (Aranei: Salticidae). Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 40: 1-254. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Metzner, H. (2026). Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Online at https://www.jumping-spiders.com.

Prószyński, J. (2025). Salticidae (Araneae) Genera of the World "a management tool for developing a new system of Salticidae" - a scrollable e-Textbook. Version December 20th, 2025, online at http://www.salticidae.pl.

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

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