Helafricanus edentulus (Simon, 1871)
Description
Male
Prosoma brown, eye field black or at least eyes surrounded with blackm some specimens with indistinct white longitudinal band. Sternum yellow or brown. Legs yellow or brown. Opisthosoma light or dark brown, anterior margin light, with leaf-like pattern.
Body length male: 3.5-5.2 mmFemale
Colouration as in males.
Body length female: 4.3-4.7 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Metzner 1999)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Metzner 1999)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wesołowska 1986)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Wesołowska 1986)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Lecigne 2021a)
Palpal femur
(Wesołowska 1986)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Wesołowska 1986)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Lecigne 2021a)
Epigyne
(Metzner 1999)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Wesołowska 1986)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Wesołowska 1986)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Metzner 1999)
Vulva
(Wesołowska 1986)
Vulva
(Wesołowska 1986)
Opisthosoma
(Metzner 1999)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Wesołowska 1986)
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
Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 
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
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
Demircan Aksan N, Topçu A (2022c) A preliminary checklist of the spider fauna of European Türkiye. Serket 19: 39-56
Demircan N, Topçu A (2016) First records for spider fauna of the European part of Turkey (Araneae). Serket 15: 85-91
El-Hennawy H K (2017a) A list of Egyptian spiders (revised in 2017). Serket 15: 167-183
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Lecigne S (2021a) A new species of Sintula (Linyphiidae), redescription of Brigittea innocens (Dictynidae) and eight spider species newly recorded for Turkey (Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 62: 11-34
Logunov D V (2015) Taxonomic-faunistic notes on the jumping spiders of the Mediterranean (Aranei: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 24: 33-85
Metzner H (1999) Die Springspinnen (Araneae, Salticidae) Griechenlands. Andrias 14: 1-279
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
Updates
| 10-07-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 14-03-2023 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 14-03-2023 | Distribution insert | Detail |
| 08-07-2021 | Image insert | |
| 02-07-2021 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 16-05-2018 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 16-07-2015 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 16-10-2014 | Datasheet update | Detail |
| 16-10-2014 | Image insert |