Heliophanus forcipifer Kulczyński, 1895
Description
Male
Prosoma length: 1.50 mm, prosoma width: 1.07 mm. Prosoma dark brown, ocular area black. Sternum grey. Legs dark brown with light lateral longitudinal stripes, metatarsi and tarsi yellow. Opisthosoma grey.
Female
Prosoma length: 1.87 mm, prosoma width: 1.36 mm. Colouration as in males, but paler.
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)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wesołowska 1986)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Wesołowska 1986)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Nuruyeva & Snegovaya 2024c)
Palpal femur
(Rakov & Logunov 1997a)
Palpal femur
(Rakov & Logunov 1997a)
Palpal femur
(Wesołowska 1986)
Palpal femur, prolateral view
(Nuruyeva & Snegovaya 2024c)
Palpal femur, retrolateral view
(Nuruyeva & Snegovaya 2024c)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Rakov & Logunov 1997a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Rakov & Logunov 1997a)
Vulva, posterior view
(Rakov & Logunov 1997a)
Distribution List
References
Nuruyeva T V, Snegovaya N Y (2024c) New records of spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) from Azerbaijan. Euroasian Entomological Journal 23: 47-49 
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 (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 24-07-2024 | Image insert | |
| 23-07-2024 | Distribution insert | Detail |
| 16-10-2014 | Image insert |