Heliophanus decoratus L. Koch, 1875
Description
Male
Femoral apophysis strongly bent, accompanied by a small triangular protuberance. Prosoma length: 1.59 mm. Legs yellow. Opisthosoma dark with 2 pairs of white spots.
Female
Epigyne posteriorly with 2 semitransparent lobes. Prosoma length: 1.62 mm.
Additional information
In dry phrygana
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Prószyński 2003)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Prószyński 2003)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wesołowska 1986)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wesołowska 1986)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Wesołowska 1986)
Femoral apophysis
(Wesołowska 1986)
Habitus
(Prószyński 2003)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Prószyński 2003)
Epigynal plate, ventral view
(Wesołowska 1986)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Wesołowska 1986)
Epigyne, variation, ventral view
(Prószyński 2003)
Vulva
(Prószyński 2003)
Vulva, variation
(Prószyński 2003)
Vulva
(Wesołowska 1986)
Vulva
(Wesołowska 1986)
Vulva
(Wesołowska 1986)
Habitus
(Prószyński 2003)
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 
Benhalima S, Bosmans R (2024) First historical checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Morocco, between 1840–2024. Zootaxa 5555: 407-535
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 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Efil L, Bayram A, Deltshev C (2012) The determination of spider species (Araneae) in alfalfa areas in Southeast Anatolia Region. Türkiye Entomoloji Bülteni 2: 31-35
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
Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204
Kmira G, Nasri-Ammar, Petillon J, Bosmans R (2025) Catalog of the spiders of Tunisia (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5641: 1-95
Logunov D V (2015) Taxonomic-faunistic notes on the jumping spiders of the Mediterranean (Aranei: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 24: 33-85
Prószyński J (2003) Salticidae (Araneae) of the Levant. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 53: 1-180
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 (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
| 24-10-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 04-06-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 21-11-2022 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 21-11-2022 | Distribution insert | Detail |
| 25-02-2022 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 25-02-2022 | Distribution insert | Detail |
| 16-07-2015 | Distribution update | Detail |
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| 15-10-2013 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 27-08-2013 | Datasheet update | Detail |
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| 15-04-2013 | Distribution update | Detail |