# Heliophanus

Heliophanus is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Most of the almost 170 described species occur in Africa, with many others found in the Palearctic region from Europe to Japan.

## Species

As of August 2023, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:
* Heliophanus abditus Wesołowska, 1986 – Syria
* Heliophanus aberdarensis Wesołowska, 1986 – Kenya
* Heliophanus activus (Blackwall, 1877) – Seychelles
* Heliophanus acutissimus Wesołowska, 1986 – Algeria
* Heliophanus aeneus (Hahn, 1832) – Palearctic
* Heliophanus aethiopicus Wesołowska, 2003 – Ethiopia
* Heliophanus africanus Wesołowska, 1986 – South Africa
* Heliophanus agricola Wesołowska, 1986 – Algeria, Spain
* Heliophanus agricoloides Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Islands
* Heliophanus alienus Wesołowska, 1986 – Cameroon
* Heliophanus anymphos Wesołowska, 2003 – Kenya
* Heliophanus apiatus Simon, 1868 – Spain to Italy
* Heliophanus auratus C. L. Koch, 1835 – Palearctic
* Heliophanus aviculus Berland & Millot, 1941 – Central, West Africa
* Heliophanus baicalensis Kulczynski, 1895 – Russia, Mongolia, China
* Heliophanus bellus Wesołowska, 1986 – South Africa
* Heliophanus berlandi Lawrence, 1937 – South Africa
* Heliophanus bisulcus Wesołowska, 1986 – South Africa
* Heliophanus bolensis Wesołowska, 2003 – Ethiopia
* Heliophanus brevis Wesołowska, 2003 – Ethiopia
* Heliophanus butemboensis Wesołowska, 1986 – Congo, Rwanda
* Heliophanus camtschadalicus Kulczynski, 1885 – Sweden, Russia
* Heliophanus canariensis Wesołowska, 1986 – Canary Islands
* Heliophanus capensis Wesołowska, 1986 – South Africa
* Heliophanus capicola Simon, 1901 – South Africa
* Heliophanus cassinicola Simon, 1909 – West, Central, East Africa
* Heliophanus charlesi Wesołowska, 2003 – South Africa
* Heliophanus chikangawanus Wesołowska, 1986 – Angola, Malawi
* Heliophanus chovdensis Prószynski, 1982 – Kazakhstan to Mongolia
* Heliophanus claviger Simon, 1901 – South Africa
* Heliophanus comorensis Dierkens, 2012 – Comoros, Mayotte
* Heliophanus congolensis Giltay, 1935 – Congo to São Tomé
* Heliophanus conspicuus Wesołowska, 1986 – Algeria
* Heliophanus creticus Giltay, 1932 – Crete
* Heliophanus crudeni Lessert, 1925 – Tanzania
* Heliophanus cupreus (Walckenaer, 1802) – Palearctic
* Heliophanus curvidens (O. P-Cambridge, 1872) – Israel to China
* Heliophanus cuspidatus Xiao, 2000 – China
* Heliophanus dampfi Schenkel, 1923 – Europe, Russia
* Heliophanus deamatus Peckham & Peckham, 1903 – Central, Southern Africa
* Heliophanus debilis Simon, 1901 – Central, East, Southern Africa
* Heliophanus decempunctatus (Caporiacco, 1941) – Ethiopia
* Heliophanus decoratus L. Koch, 1875 – North Africa, Israel
* Heliophanus deformis Wesołowska, 1986 – Angola
* Heliophanus demonstrativus Wesołowska, 1986 – East, Southern Africa
* Heliophanus deserticola Simon, 1901 – South Africa
* Heliophanus designatus (Peckham & Peckham, 1903) – South Africa
* Heliophanus difficilis Wesołowska, 1986 – Congo
* Heliophanus dubius C. L. Koch, 1835 – Palearctic
* Heliophanus dunini Rakov & Logunov, 1997 – Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan
* Heliophanus dux Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994 – Yemen
* Heliophanus edentulus Simon, 1871 – Mediterranean
* Heliophanus encifer Simon, 1871 – Mediterranean
* Heliophanus equester L. Koch, 1867 – Italy to Azerbaijan
* Heliophanus erythropleurus Kulczynski, 1901 – Ethiopia
* Heliophanus eucharis Simon, 1887 – Ivory Coast
* Heliophanus excentricus Ledoux, 2007 – Comoros, Mayotte, Réunion
* Heliophanus falcatus Wesołowska, 1986 – Congo, Angola
* Heliophanus fascinatus Wesołowska, 1986 – Sudan to Botswana
* Heliophanus feltoni Logunov, 2009 – Turkey
* Heliophanus flavipes (Hahn, 1832) – Palearctic
* Heliophanus forcipifer Kulczynski, 1895 – Central Asia
* Heliophanus fuerteventurae Schmidt & Krause, 1996 – Canary Islands
* Heliophanus furvus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2014 – Lesotho
* Heliophanus giltayi Lessert, 1933 – Kenya to Angola
* Heliophanus gladiator Wesołowska, 1986 – Kenya, Malawi
* Heliophanus glaucus Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895 – Egypt, Libya
* Heliophanus gloriosus Wesołowska, 1986 – Angola, Botswana
* Heliophanus gramineus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013 – South Africa
* Heliophanus hamifer Simon, 1886 – Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Seychelles
* Heliophanus harpago Simon, 1910 – Central, West Africa
* Heliophanus hastatus Wesołowska, 1986 – South Africa
* Heliophanus haymozi Logunov, 2015 – Portugal, Spain
* Heliophanus heurtaultae Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002 – Guinea
* Heliophanus horrifer Wesołowska, 1986 – South Africa
* Heliophanus ibericus Wesołowska, 1986 – Spain
* Heliophanus imerinensis Simon, 1901 – Madagascar
* Heliophanus imperator Wesołowska, 1986 – Kenya, Malawi
* Heliophanus improcerus Wesołowska, 1986 – Congo
* Heliophanus infaustus (Peckham & Peckham, 1903) – East Africa, Zimbabwe
* Heliophanus innominatus Wesołowska, 1986 – Madagascar
* Heliophanus insperatus Wesołowska, 1986 – Angola, Zimbabwe, South Africa
* Heliophanus inversus Barrientos & Febrer, 2018 – Spain (Menorca)
* Heliophanus iranus Wesołowska, 1986 – Iran
* Heliophanus jacksoni Wesołowska, 2011 – Kenya
* Heliophanus japonicus Kishida, 1910 – Japan
* Heliophanus kankanensis Berland & Millot, 1941 – Central, West Africa
* Heliophanus kavar Logunov, 2023 – Iran
* Heliophanus kenyaensis Wesołowska, 1986 – Central Africa
* Heliophanus kilimanjaroensis Wesołowska, 1986 – Tanzania
* Heliophanus kittenbergeri (Caporiacco, 1947) – Tanzania
* Heliophanus kochii Simon, 1868 – Palearctic
* Heliophanus koktas Logunov, 1992 – Kazakhstan
* Heliophanus konradthaleri Logunov, 2009 – Turkey
* Heliophanus kovacsi Wesołowska, 2003 – Ethiopia
* Heliophanus lawrencei Wesołowska, 1986 – Congo, Angola
* Heliophanus lesserti Wesołowska, 1986 – Central, Southern Africa
* Heliophanus leucopes Wesołowska, 2003 – Ethiopia
* Heliophanus lineiventris Simon, 1868 – Palearctic
* Heliophanus macentensis Berland & Millot, 1941 – Ivory Coast to Kenya
* Heliophanus machaerodus Simon, 1909 – North Africa
* Heliophanus maculatus Karsch, 1878 – New South Wales
* Heliophanus malus Wesołowska, 1986 – Syria, Israel
* Heliophanus maluti Wesołowska & Haddad, 2014 – Lesotho
* Heliophanus maralal Wesołowska, 2003 – Kenya
* Heliophanus marshalli Peckham & Peckham, 1903 – South Africa
* Heliophanus mauricianus Simon, 1901 – Mauritius, Réunion
* Heliophanus mediocinctus Kulczyński, 1898 – Austria
* Heliophanus megae Wesołowska, 2003 – Zimbabwe
* Heliophanus melinus L. Koch, 1867 – Palearctic
* Heliophanus menemeriformis Strand, 1907 – Tanzania
* Heliophanus minimus Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 – Ivory Coast
* Heliophanus minor Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016 – Kenya
* Heliophanus minutissimus (Caporiacco, 1941) – Ethiopia
* Heliophanus mirabilis Wesołowska, 1986 – South Africa
* Heliophanus modicus Peckham & Peckham, 1903 – South Africa, Madagascar
* Heliophanus montanus Wesołowska, 2006 – Namibia
* Heliophanus mordax (O. P.-Cambridge, 1872) – Greece to Central Asia
* Heliophanus mucronatus Simon, 1901 – Madagascar
* Heliophanus nanus Wesołowska, 2003 – South Africa
* Heliophanus ndumoensis Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013 – South Africa
* Heliophanus nobilis Wesołowska, 1986 – Congo
* Heliophanus ochrichelis Strand, 1907 – Tanzania
* Heliophanus orchesta Simon, 1886 – Central, South Africa, Madagascar
* Heliophanus papyri Wesołowska, 2003 – Ethiopia
* Heliophanus parvus Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994 – Socotra
* Heliophanus patagiatus Thorell, 1875 – Palearctic
* Heliophanus patellaris Simon, 1901 – South Africa
* Heliophanus paulus Wesołowska, 1986 – Botswana
* Heliophanus pauper Wesołowska, 1986 – Ethiopia, Zambia, Kenya, Zimbabwe
* Heliophanus peckhami Simon, 1902 – South Africa
* Heliophanus pistaciae Wesołowska, 2003 – Zimbabwe, South Africa
* Heliophanus portentosus Wesołowska, 1986 – South Africa
* Heliophanus potanini Schenkel, 1963 – Afghanistan, Central Asia, Mongolia, China
* Heliophanus pratti Peckham & Peckham, 1903 – Namibia, South Africa
* Heliophanus proszynskii Wesołowska, 2003 – South Africa
* Heliophanus pygmaeus Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Senegal, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
* Heliophanus ramosus Wesołowska, 1986 – Algeria, Spain
* Heliophanus redimitus Simon, 1910 – South Africa
* Heliophanus robustus Berland & Millot, 1941 – Ivory Coast, Congo
* Heliophanus rufithorax Simon, 1868 – Southern Europe to Central Asia
* Heliophanus rutrosus Wesołowska, 2003 – Ethiopia
* Heliophanus saudis Prószynski, 1989 – Saudi Arabia, Yemen
* Heliophanus semirasus Lawrence, 1928 – Namibia
* Heliophanus similior Ledoux, 2007 – Réunion
* Heliophanus simplex Simon, 1868 – Palearctic
* Heliophanus sinaicus Logunov, 2015 – Egypt
* Heliophanus sororius Wesołowska, 2003 – South Africa
* Heliophanus splendidus Wesołowska, 2003 – Congo
* Heliophanus stylifer Simon, 1878 – Morocco, Algeria
* Heliophanus tenuitas Wesołowska, 2011 – Zimbabwe
* Heliophanus termitophagus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2002 – South Africa
* Heliophanus thaleri Wesołowska, 2009 – South Africa
* Heliophanus transvaalicus Simon, 1901 – South Africa
* Heliophanus transversus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2014 – Lesotho
* Heliophanus trepidus Simon, 1910 – Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa
* Heliophanus tribulosus Simon, 1868 – Europe to Kazakhstan
* Heliophanus tristis Wesołowska, 2003 – Ethiopia
* Heliophanus turanicus Charitonov, 1969 – Central Asia
* Heliophanus undecimmaculatus Caporiacco, 1941 – East Africa
* Heliophanus ussuricus Kulczynski, 1895 – Russia, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan
* Heliophanus uvirensis Wesołowska, 1986 – Congo
* Heliophanus validus Wesołowska, 1986 – Kenya
* Heliophanus variabilis (Vinson, 1863) – Reunion
* Heliophanus verus Wesołowska, 1986 – Iran, Azerbaijan
* Heliophanus wesolowskae Rakov & Logunov, 1997 – Central Asia
* Heliophanus wulingensis Peng & Xie, 1996 – China
* Heliophanus xanthopes Wesołowska, 2003 – Ethiopia
* Heliophanus xerxesi Logunov, 2009 – Iran