Heliophanoides
Encyclopedia
Heliophanoides is a genus
of the spider
family Salticidae (jumping spiders).
with the meaning "having the likeness of Heliophanus".
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of the spider
Spider
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...
family Salticidae (jumping spiders).
Name
The genus name is an alteration of the salticid genus name HeliophanusHeliophanus
Heliophanus is a genus of the spider family Salticidae . Most of the almost 150 described species occur in Africa, with many others found in the Palearctic region from Europe to Japan.-Species:...
with the meaning "having the likeness of Heliophanus".
Species
- Heliophanoides bhutanicus Prószyński, 1992 — BhutanBhutanBhutan , officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked state in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China...
- Heliophanoides epigynalis Prószyński, 1992 — IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
- Heliophanoides spermathecalis Prószyński, 1992 — India