Salticidae  Blackwall, 1841 / Heliophanus  C. L. Koch, 1833   41 species

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
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Mediterranean to Iran
Phenology
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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.

Algeria   (Wesołowska, 1986; Benhacene et al., 2023) ||| Cyprus   (Bosmans et al., 2019c; Logunov, 2015) ||| Egypt   (Wesołowska, 1986) ||| Greece   (Russell-Smith et al., 2011) ||| Greece / Crete   (Bosmans et al., 2013) ||| Italy / Sicily   (Pantini & Isaia, 2019) ||| Libya   (Wesołowska, 1986) ||| Morocco   (Wesołowska, 1986) ||| Tunisia   (Wesołowska, 1986) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Efil et al., 2012; Danışman et al., 2024) |||
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 pdf

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 pdf

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 pdf

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2024) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2024 [last updated 01 January 2024], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info pdf

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 pdf

Logunov D V (2015) Taxonomic-faunistic notes on the jumping spiders of the Mediterranean (Aranei: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 24: 33-85 pdf

Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152 pdf

Prószyński J (2003) Salticidae (Araneae) of the Levant. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 53: 1-180 pdf

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 pdf

Wesołowska W (1986) A revision of the genus Heliophanus C. L. Koch, 1833 (Aranei: Salticidae). Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 40: 1-254 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

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