''Helpis'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of the

spider Spiders (order (biology), order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude spider silk, silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and ran ...

family

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(jumping spiders).

Species

As of May 2017, the

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lists the following species in the genus: * '' Helpis colemani'' (Wanless, 1988) –

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* '' Helpis foelixi'' Żabka & Patoleta, 2014 – Queensland * '' Helpis gracilis'' Gardzinska, 1996 –

New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...

* '' Helpis kenilworthi'' Zabka, 2002 – Queensland, New South Wales * ''

Helpis longichelis ''Helpis'' is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Species As of May 2017, the World Spider Catalog lists the following species in the genus: * ''Helpis colemani'' (Wanless, 1988) – Queensland * ''Helpis foelixi'' Żabk ...

'' Strand, 1915 –

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...

* '' Helpis longipalpis'' Gardzinska & Zabka, 2010 –

Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...

* '' Helpis merriwa'' Żabka & Patoleta, 2014 – New South Wales * '' Helpis minitabunda'' (L. Koch, 1880) – New Guinea,

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, introduced to

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* '' Helpis occidentalis'' Simon, 1909 – Australia * '' Helpis risdonica'' Zabka, 2002 –

Tasmania Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The sta ...

* '' Helpis staregai'' Żabka & Patoleta, 2014 – New South Wales * '' Helpis tasmanica'' Zabka, 2002 – Tasmania * '' Helpis wanlessi'' Żabka & Patoleta, 2014 – New South Wales * '' Helpis wisharti'' Żabka & Patoleta, 2014 – New South Wales

References

External links

Photograph of ''H. minitabunda''
Salticidae Spiders of Australia Salticidae genera {{Salticidae-stub