Paraheliophanus Explained

Paraheliophanus is a genus of Atlantic jumping spiders that was first described by D. J. Clark & P. L. G. Benoit in 1977. The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek "para" (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: παρά), meaning "alongside", and the salticid genus Heliophanus.

Species

it contains four species, found only on Saint Helena:^[1]

• Paraheliophanus jeanae Clark & Benoit, 1977 – St. Helena
• Paraheliophanus napoleon Clark & Benoit, 1977 – St. Helena
• Paraheliophanus sanctaehelenae Clark & Benoit, 1977 – St. Helena
• Paraheliophanus subinstructus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) (type) – St. Helena

Notes and References

1. Gen. Paraheliophanus Clark & Benoit, 1977. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-09-08. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.