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

Heliophanus lawrencei Wesołowska, 1986

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:033821

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Described:

Distribution: Ghana, Central African Rep., DR Congo, Angola

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium m (11791) - (Wesołowska, 1986)
Paratype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium 3m 1f (135703) - (Wesołowska, 1986)
Paratype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK 1m (Ang. 270.1) - (Wesołowska, 1986)
Allotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium f (135478) - (Wesołowska, 1986)

Taxonomic References

Heliophanus lawrencei Wesołowska, 1986: 34, f. 359-366 (Dmf) Original description

References

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]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-01-12	Species distribution update	Wesołowska, Russell-Smith & Danflous, 2026	Old value
2025-06-29	Species distribution update	Wawer & Wesołowska, 2025	Old value