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

Helvetia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Helvetia
Peckham & Peckham, 1894
Type species
Helvetia santarema
Peckham & Peckham, 1894
Species

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Systematics

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

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Ruiz & Brescovit 2008

References

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  • Ruiz, G.R.S & Brescovit, A.D. (2008): Revision of Helvetia (Araneae: Salticidae: Heliophaninae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 25(1): 139–147.
  • Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.
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