Helpis

Helpis is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).

Helpis
Helpis minitabunda (female)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Helpis Simon, 1901
Type species
Astia minitabunda L. Koch, 1880
Species
See text.

Species

As of May 2017, the World Spider Catalog lists the following species in the genus:^[1]

• Helpis colemani (Wanless, 1988) – Queensland
• Helpis foelixi Żabka & Patoleta, 2014 – Queensland
• Helpis gracilis Gardzinska, 1996 – New South Wales
• Helpis kenilworthi Zabka, 2002 – Queensland, New South Wales
• Helpis longichelis Strand, 1915 – New Guinea
• Helpis longipalpis Gardzinska & Zabka, 2010 – Western Australia
• Helpis merriwa Żabka & Patoleta, 2014 – New South Wales
• Helpis minitabunda (L. Koch, 1880) – New Guinea, Eastern Australia, introduced to New Zealand
• Helpis occidentalis Simon, 1909 – Australia
• Helpis risdonica Zabka, 2002 – Tasmania
• 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