Heliophanus simplex Simon, 1868
Description
Male
Prosoma dorsally dark red-brown, with reddish shiny hairs, with white hairs on margin. Sides orange. Eye field black. Opisthosoma dorsally dark brown with light equatorial band and diffuse orange design. Palp dark brown with spots of white hair, embolus bifid.
Body length male: 4.75 mmFemale
Prosoma as in male. Opisthosoma dorsally brown with light equatorial band and distinct light design. Epigyne with two distinctly separated grooves and strongly sclerotized openings.
Body length female: 4.3-5.4 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Metzner 1999)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Metzner 1999)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wesolowska 1986)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wesolowska 1986)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Wesolowska 1986)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wesolowska 1986)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wesolowska 1986)
Femoral apophysis
(Wesolowska 1986)
Habitus
(Metzner 1999)
Epigyne
(Szüts et al. 2003)
Epigyne
(Metzner 1999)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Wesolowska 1986)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Wesolowska 1986)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Metzner 1999)
Vulva
(Wesolowska 1986)
Vulva
(Wesolowska 1986)
Vulva
(Wesolowska 1986)
References
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Wesolowska W (1986) A revision of the genus Heliophanus C. L. Koch, 1833 (Aranei: Salticidae). Annls zool Warsz 40: 1-254
World Spider Catalog (2018) World Spider Catalog, version 19.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (15.07.2018) doi: 10.24436/2