Heliophanillus fulgens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)
Description
Male
Prosoma and opisthosoma rusty brown with white hairs on black margin, clear orange-brown iridescent scales. Head plate and eye region wrinkled, glossy and black. Palp rusty brown, distally lighter.
Body length male: 2.25-2.9 mmFemale
Colouration as in males. A bit lighter, opisthosoma with white hairs on anterior margin.
Body length female: 3.3 mmAdditional information
on a garden wall (Chios, Greece)
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Metzner 1999)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Metzner 1999)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wesołowska & van Harten 1994)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wesołowska & van Harten 1994)
Habitus
(Metzner 1999)
Epigyne
(Metzner 1999)
Epigyne
(Logunov 2021b)
Epigyne
(Wesołowska & van Harten 1994)
Vulva
(Metzner 1999)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Logunov 2021b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Abdel-Ghani et al. 2023)
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
Abdel-Ghani D M A, Hassan F M, Sallam G M E (2023) Spiders as a bio-agent factor in a mango greenhouse at Giza Governorate, Egypt. Serket 20: 26-38 
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
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 22 July 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
El-Hennawy H K (2017a) A list of Egyptian spiders (revised in 2017). Serket 15: 167-183
Elkrew H, Hamza A, Ghana S, Shaibi T, Swehli A I, Elmareme H, Ahmad A (2024) Checklist of the spiders (Araneae) of Libya. Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences 22: 19346-19369
Logunov D V (2021b) Further notes on the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of Afghanistan. Arachnology 18: 821-828
Metzner H (1999) Die Springspinnen (Araneae, Salticidae) Griechenlands. Andrias 14: 1-279
Russell-Smith A, Allison R, Askins M, Blumsom W, Snazell R, Spilling C (2011) A provisional checklist and gazetteer of the spiders of Chios, Greece (Arachnida: Araneae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 15: 133-167
Wesołowska W (1988) Redescriptions of three species of the genus Icius Simon, 1876 (Aranei: Salticidae). Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 41: 395-402
Wesołowska W, Harten A van (1994) The jumping spiders (Salticidae, Araneae) of Yemen. Yemeni-German Plant Protection Project, Sana'a, 86 pp.
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2