Helvetia (spider)

Helvetia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Heliophaninae
Genus: Helvetia
Peckham & Peckham, 1894
Type species
Helvetia santarema
Peckham & Peckham, 1894
Species

see text

Diversity
11 species

Helvetia is a Neotropical genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). The genus name is derived from Helvetia.

Systematics

Helvetia is a small genus belonging to the subfamily Heliophaninae. Currently, it comprises eleven valid species.[1]

Footnotes

  1. Ruiz & Brescovit 2008

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