Helvibis

Helvibis is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1884.[3] It is a senior synonym of Formicinoides.[2]

Helvibis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Helvibis Keyserling, 1884[1]
Type species
H. thorelli Keyserling, 1884
Species
10, see text
Synonyms[1]
Formicinoides Keyserling, 1884[2]

Species

As of May 2020 it contains ten species, found in Trinidad, and from Panama to Brazil:[1]

• Helvibis brasiliana (Keyserling, 1884) – Peru
• Helvibis chilensis (Keyserling, 1884) – Chile, Brazil
• Helvibis germaini Simon, 1895 – Peru, Brazil
• Helvibis infelix (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880) – Brazil
• Helvibis longicauda Keyserling, 1891 – Brazil
• Helvibis longistyla (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Panama, Trinidad
• Helvibis monticola Keyserling, 1891 – Brazil
• Helvibis rossi Levi, 1964 – Peru
• Helvibis thorelli Keyserling, 1884 (type) – Peru, Brazil
• Helvibis tingo Levi, 1964 – Peru

See also

• List of Theridiidae species

References

1. "Gen. Helvibis Keyserling, 1884". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
2. Levi, H. W.; Levi, L. R. (1962). "The genera of the spider family Theridiidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 127: 21.
3. Keyserling, E. (1884). Die Spinnen Amerikas II. Theridiidae. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg. pp. 1–222. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.64832.