Heliocapensis
Heliocapensis is a mainly South African genus of the spider family Salticidae.
Distribution
Most species in this genus are endemic to South Africa, with a few found in.Life style
These are free-living spiders found on the ground or plant-dwellers collected from various habitat types.Description
These are small salticids, measuring between 3.0 and 4.5 mm in length.Males are characterized by black coloration with distinctive white markings. A thin line traverses the anterior region of the abdomen, accompanied by two or three pairs of rounded or obliquely-oriented white markings. These markings consist of white setae or microscopic scales and tend to fade as the specimen ages.
Taxonomy
The genus Heliocapensis was elevated from a subgenus of Heliophanus C. L. Koch, 1833 by Wesołowska in 2024.Species
, this genus includes fourteen species:- Heliocapensis aberdarensis – Kenya, South Africa
- Heliocapensis bellus – South Africa
- Heliocapensis capensis – South Africa
- Heliocapensis charlesi – South Africa
- Heliocapensis chikangawanus – Angola, Malawi
- Heliocapensis claviger – Mozambique, South Africa
- Heliocapensis deserticola – South Africa
- Heliocapensis lola Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025 – Guinea
- Heliocapensis maluti – South Africa, Lesotho
- Heliocapensis mirabilis – South Africa
- Heliocapensis peckhami – South Africa
- Heliocapensis portentosus – South Africa
- Heliocapensis redimitus – South Africa
- Heliocapensis termitophagus – South Africa