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
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