Heliophanus

Heliophanus is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae. Heliophanus spiders have been sighted 5 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Heliophanus includes 3 countries and 0 states in the United States. Heliophanus is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of April.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Class: Arachnida
  • Order: Araneae
  • Suborder: Araneomorphae
  • Family: Salticidae
  • Genus: Heliophanus

Author

Carl Ludwig Koch, 1833

Sightings Overview

There have been 5 confirmed sightings of Heliophanus, with the most recent sighting submitted on May 17, 2019 by Spider ID member dannicw77. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 5 sightings because of certain Heliophanus sightings reporting incomplete data.

  • Web: 0% of the time, Heliophanus spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 5)
  • Sex: 0 female and 1 male.
  • Environment: Heliophanus has been sighted 4 times outdoors, and 1 times indoors.
  • Outdoors: Man-made structure (1). Low foliage (2). Ground layer (1).

Location and Range

Heliophanus has been sighted in the following countries: Hungary, Spain, United Kingdom.

Seasonality

Heliophanus has been primarily sighted during the month of April.

  • January:
  • February:
  • March:
  • April: 2
  • May: 1
  • June:
  • July:
  • August: 1
  • September:
  • October:
  • November:
  • December: 1

Heliophanus Species


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