Heliophanus turanicus Charitonov, 1969
Description
Male
Prosoma length: 2.24 mm, prosoma width: 1.68 mm. Prosoma dark brown, sparsely covered with white scales, ocular area black. Sternum, maxillae and labium brown. Legs brown, laterally with lines of white scales. Opisthosoma grey, venter with a pair of white spots in front of spinnerets.
Female
Prosoma length: 2.50 mm, prosoma width: 1.94 mm. Colouration as in males but somewhat lighter.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Rakov & Logunov 1997a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Rakov & Logunov 1997a)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Rakov & Logunov 1997a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wesołowska 1986)
Palpal femur
(Rakov & Logunov 1997a)
Palpal femur
(Rakov & Logunov 1997a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Rakov & Logunov 1997a)
Vulva, posterior view
(Rakov & Logunov 1997a)
Vulva
(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
Nuruyeva T, Zamani A (2025) An annotated checklist of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Azerbaijan. Zootaxa 5680: 1-168 
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
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