Heliophanus curvidens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)
Description
Male
Prosoma length: 1.5-1.69 mm, prosoma width: 1.00-1.35 mm. Legs brown with yellow metatarsi and tarsi. Opisthosoma: dorsum brown with 3 pairs of white spots.
Body length male: 3.1-3.9 mmFemale
Prosoma length: 1.75 mm, prosoma width: 1.25 mm. Colouration as in males, but legs lighter and opisthosoma dorsally only with one pair of white spots, dorsum bordered by a white line anteriorly and laterally.
Body length female: 4.4 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Rakov & Logunov 1997a)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Rakov & Logunov 1997a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Rakov & Logunov 1997a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wesołowska 1986)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wesołowska 1986)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Wesołowska 1986)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wesołowska 1986)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wesołowska 1986)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Wesołowska 1986)
Femoral apophysis, ventral view
(Wesołowska 1986)
Femoral apophysis, prolateral view
(Wesołowska 1986)
Femoral apophysis
(Wesołowska 1986)
Palpal femur
(Rakov & Logunov 1997a)
Palpal femur
(Rakov & Logunov 1997a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Rakov & Logunov 1997a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Wesołowska 1986)
Vulva
(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
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 
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
Zarikian N (2020) A contribution to the checklist of the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of Armenia. Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum 16: 193-202