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OUT OF DATE CLASSIFICATORY SYSTEMS -Simon's classification - Petrunkevich synthesis-1928 - Bonnet's list of subfamilies - Prószynski's revision of subfamilies 1976.

Monograph of the Salticidae (Araneae) of the World 1995-2014. Introduction to alternative classification of Salticidae
Classification of the Salticidae genera of the World
group of genera

ASTIAINES

sensu Maddison 2008
by Jerzy Prószyński
Version December 31st, 2015 Disclaimer,This is a work in progress, continually being developed and revised. Proposed taxonomic names included here are not valid unless subsequently published in accepted taxonomic papers. Note on illustrations. This introduction to classification of Salticidae includes only species with diagnostic illustrations in the taxonomic literature, arranged by similarities of embolus and spermophor. Images are displayed as thumbnails to save space and allow for rapid scanning of theoretically closely related species. Thumbnails are small versions of illustrations in other parts of the monograph, whera are displayed together with particulars of their sources and permissions.

Gen. Helpis Simon, 1901 (8 species)

Type species Helpis minitabunda
DIAGNOSIS. "The genus is distinguished by the combination of the following genitalic characters: male palpal organ with cymbial flange, embolus rather short and robust, tegulum more or less ovoid, sometimes with lobe, seminal duct not meandering, tibial apophysis single and simple; female epigyne of most species with large posterior pouch and median guides, copulatory openings oriented towards each other, except in H. wanlessi". (Zabka, Patoleta 2014: Zootaxa 3873 (5) © 2014 Magnolia Press). Diagnostic drawings below are integral part of definition. .

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Helpis minitabunda : Davies Todd V., Zabka M. 1989. Mem. Queensland Mus. 27 (2): 257, t. 56 + Gardzinska J. 1996.
Mem. Queens. Mus. 39(2): 301-303, f 3A-E, 4A-D, 5F + ©Photo: R. Whyte + A. Tobin. By courtesy.
Helpis gracilis : Gardzinska J. 1996. Mem. Queens. Mus. 39(2): 301-303, figs 5A-E, 6A-D + Żabka & Patoleta, 2014: Zootaxa 3873 (5): 573, f. 18-25. © 2014 Magnolia Press. By courtesy.
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Helpis kenilworthi: Zabka M. 2002. Rec. Austral. Mus., 54: 260, figs 4A-E, 2 + Żabka & Patoleta, 2014: Zootaxa 3873 (5): 580, f. 51-65. © 2014 Magnolia Press. By courtesy.
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Helpis risdonica +b) tasmanica: Zabka M. 2002. Rec. Austral. Mus., 54: 260, figs 4A-E, 2 +b) 260-259,
figs 5A-D +c) 261-262, figs 6A-D, 2. By courtesy.
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Helpis longichelis + occidentalis : Wanless F.R. 1988. NZ j. zool. 15: 100, ff. 8a-j + 15: 98-100, ff. 7a-k.. By courtesy.
Helpis longipalpis : Gardzinska & Zabka, 2010. Zootaxa 2526: 45-47, f 33-44. © 2010 Magnolia Press.. By courtesy.
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Helpis colemani (syn. Astia c.) : Wanless 1988. N Zealand j. zool., 15: 89-90, ff. 3a-i +Żabka, Patoleta 2014: Zootaxa 3873 (5) © 2014 Magnolia Press · 573, f  1–17. By courtesy
Helpis foelixi : Żabka, Patoleta 2014: Zootaxa 3873 (5) © 2014 Magnolia Press · 573, f  1–17. By courtesy.
Helpis merriwa : Żabka, Patoleta 2014: Zootaxa 3873 (5) © 2014 Magnolia Press · 573, f  1–17. By courtesy.

Helpis staregai : Żabka, Patoleta 2014: Zootaxa 3873 (5) © 2014 Magnolia Press · 573, f  1–17. By courtesy.
Helpis wanlessi : Żabka, Patoleta 2014: Zootaxa 3873 (5) © 2014 Magnolia Press · 573, f  1–17. By courtesy.
Helpis wisharti : Żabka, Patoleta 2014: Zootaxa 3873 (5) © 2014 Magnolia Press · 573, f  1–17. By courtesy.