Helpis foelixi

Helpis foelixi is a jumping spider ( that is, a member of the Salticidae family), first described in 2014 by Marek Zabka and Barbara Patoleta,^[1][2] from a male specimen only.^[2] The species epithet, foelixi, honours the Swiss arachnologist, Rainer F. Foelix.^[2]

Helpis foelixi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Helpis
Species:	H. foelixi
Binomial name
Helpis foelixi Zabka & Patoleta, 2014
Holotype site (QM S90797): Cooloola, QLD'"`UNIQ--ref-00000002-QINU`"'

It is known only from the holotype site at the edge of Lake Poona, Cooloola Queensland.^[2]