Heliophanus (Heliophanus) simplex Simon, 1868
State of knowledge: Accepted


groups of supergroups of genera: pending; supergroups of genera : CHRYSILLOIDA; groups of genera: HELIOPHANINES;

Distribution: Asia; Azerbaijan; Turkey: Black Sea Middle; Europe; Austria; Bulgaria; France; Germany; Hungary; Macedonia Republic; Romania; Russia; Slovakia; Ukraine: Crimea, Left Bank.


Important publication(s)
Wesołowska W. 1986 A revision of the genus Heliophanus C.L. Koch, 1833 (Aranei: Salticidae).. Annales zoologici, Warszawa 40, 1: 10, 210, illustrations 601-611, 899-map.
Diagnostic illustrations used by permission of the © Editor of the Annales zoologici and the Author(s).
Diagnostic illustration used by permision Wesołowska, W.

Latest Taxonomic scrutiny

Publications using actual name combination:
Simon 1868: 673; Chyzer, Kulczyński 1891: 9, illustrations t 1, f 26; Dahl 1926: 45, illustrations 139 wrong identification; Tyschenko 1971: 88, illustrations 159; Miller 1971: 144, illustrations t 22, f 5-6; Harm 1971: 77, illustrations 50-51; Prószyński 1976: 186, f 394 - misidentified by Dahl, f 395 - specimen by Miller; Prószyński 1979: 309, illustrations 115-116; Wesołowska 1986: 40, 1: 10, 210, illustrations 601-611, 899-map.; Hu, Wu 1989: 373, illustrations 288.4-5 not confirmed by further publications; Fuhn, Gherasim 1995: 140, illustrations 64A-E; Metzner 1999: 104-105, 224, illustrations 70a-h, map 76; Blagoev, Deltshev, Lazarov 2002: on line; Szüts, Szinetar, Samu 2003: 25: 50, illustrations 12 the fourth Author is Szita E.; Blick et al. 2004: on line; Topcu, Seyyar, Demir 2005: 9(4): 131-133; Lissner 2011:, illustrations online;

Synonyms and combinations (:)
Heliophanus cupreus simplex Simon 1937: 1254.

Collections:(Source: Prószyński J. 1971 b /2003b Internet): BERLIN . FRANKFURT a/M ; HARVARD ; LONDON ; OXFORD ; PARIS ; WARSZAWA ; WIEN ;

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Wesolowska W. 1986. Annales zoologici, 40, 1: 10, 210, ff. 601-611, 899-map. By courtesy


Wesolowska W. 1986. Annales zoologici, 40, 1: 10, 210, ff. 601-611, 899-map. By courtesy


Proszynski 1979. Annales zoologici, 34: : 309, ff. 115-116 . By courtesy


Metzner H. 1999. Andrias 14: 104-105, 224, table 70a-h, map 76. By courtesy


Heliophanus simplex: M 7750 Hungary: Pilisjászfalu. ©Photo J. Lissner. By courtesy


Heliophanus simplex: F 7750 Hungary: Pilisjászfalu. ©Photo J. Lissner. By courtesy


Heliophanus simplex: F 7750 Hungary: Pilisjászfalu. ©Photo J. Lissner. By courtesy


Heliophanus simplex: M 7750 Hungary: Pilisjászfalu. ©Photo J. Lissner. By courtesy