Heliophanus mordax (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)
Description
Male
Prosoma length: 2.13 mm, prosoma width: 1.50 mm. Prosoma dark brown, ocular area black. Sternum maxillae and chelicerae brown. Legs brown, metatarsi and tarsi yellow. Opisthosoma black.
Body length male: 3.5-4.0 mmFemale
Prosoma length: 2.30 mm, prosoma width: 1.70 mm. Colouration as in males but lighter. Opisthosoma grey and legs yellow.
Body length female: 4.6-6.7 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Metzner 1999)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Metzner 1999)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Rakov & Logunov 1997a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Rakov & Logunov 1997a)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Rakov & Logunov 1997a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wesołowska 1986)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wesołowska 1986)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Wesołowska 1986)
Femoral apophysis
(Wesołowska 1986)
Palpal femur
(Rakov & Logunov 1997a)
Palpal femur
(Rakov & Logunov 1997a)
Habitus
(Metzner 1999)
Epigyne
(Metzner 1999)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Rakov & Logunov 1997a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Wesołowska 1986)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Wesołowska 1986)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Wesołowska 1986)
Epigyne
(Coşar & Varol 2016)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Metzner 1999)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Rakov & Logunov 1997a)
Vulva
(Coşar & Varol 2016)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Logunov 2023a)
Vulva, ventral view
(Logunov 2023a)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Rakov & Logunov 1997a)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173 
Coşar İ, Varol M İ (2016) Six new records for the spider fauna of Turkey (Araneae: Salticidae) Turkish Journal of Entomology 40: 157-163
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Logunov D V (2015) Taxonomic-faunistic notes on the jumping spiders of the Mediterranean (Aranei: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 24: 33-85
Logunov D V (2023a) On the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Iran collected by Antoine Senglet (1927–2015). Arachnology 19: 732-768
Metzner H (1999) Die Springspinnen (Araneae, Salticidae) Griechenlands. Andrias 14: 1-279
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Polchaninova N, Prokopenko E (2019) An updated checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Left-Bank Ukraine. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 60-64 & App
Ponomarev A V (2022) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the southeast of the Russian Plain: catalogue, the fauna specific features. SSC RAS Publishers, Rostov-on-Don, 640 pp.
Prószyński J (2003) Salticidae (Araneae) of the Levant. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 53: 1-180
Rakov S Y, Logunov D V (1997a) A critical review of the genus Heliophanus C. L. Koch, 1833, of Middle Asia and the Caucasus (Aranei Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 5(3/4): 67-104
Wesołowska W (1986) A revision of the genus Heliophanus C. L. Koch, 1833 (Aranei: Salticidae). Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 40: 1-254
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2