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)
Epigyne
(IJland & Helsdingen 2019)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Metzner 1999)
Vulva
(Wesolowska 1986)
Vulva
(Wesolowska 1986)
Vulva
(Wesolowska 1986)
References
Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018)
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S (2019) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2018 [last updated 1 January 2019], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Deltshev C, Vrenozi B, Blagoev G, Lazarov S (2011b) Spiders of Albania – faunistic and zoogeographical review (Arachnida: Araneae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 63: 125-144
Dolansky J, Jelinek A, Rousar A, Ruzicka V (2014) Pavouci České republiky. Pavouk 36: 3-4
Helsdingen P J van (2010a) Araneae. In: Fauna Europaea Database (Version 2010.1), online at www.european-arachnology.org
IJland S, Helsdingen P J van (2019) Update on the spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of Calabria, Italy. Nieuwsbrief SPINED 38: 8-21 
Metzner H (1999) Die Springspinnen (Araneae, Salticidae) Griechenlands. Andrias 14: 1-279
Otto S (2017) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 08.2017. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Pantini P, Isaia M (2018) Checklist of the Italian spiders (version June 2018). online at http://www.museoscienzebergamo.it/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=96&Itemid=94
Szüts T, Szinetar C, Samu F, Szita É (2003) Check list of the Hungarian Salticidae with biogeographical notes. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 25: 45-61
Wesolowska W (1986) A revision of the genus Heliophanus C. L. Koch, 1833 (Aranei: Salticidae). Annls zool Warsz 40: 1-254
World Spider Catalog (2019) World Spider Catalog, version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.01.2019) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 12-03-2019 | Image insert | |
| 12-03-2019 | Distribution update | Old value |
| 12-03-2019 | Datasheet update | Old value |
| 19-07-2016 | Datasheet update | Old value |
| 21-10-2015 | Distribution update | Old value |
| 16-10-2014 | Image insert | |
| 15-07-2014 | Distribution update | Old value |
| 10-12-2013 | Distribution update | Old value |
| 01-12-2013 | Distribution update | Old value |
| 15-04-2013 | Distribution update | Old value |