Parahelpis wandae
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| Parahelpis wandae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Parahelpis |
| Species: | P. wandae |
| Binomial name | |
| Parahelpis wandae | |
Parahelpis wandae is a species of jumping spider in the genus Parahelpis that lives in Australia. The spider was first described in 2020 by Barbara Patoleta and Marek Żabka, although only the male has been identified. It is a small spider with a brown carapace 2.3 mm (0.091 in) iong and a grey-brown abdomen 2.45 mm (0.096 in) long. The abdomen has a pattern of chevrons. The remainder of the spider is brown or grey-brown. It is similar to the related Parahelpis abnormis, even to the design of its copulatory organs. It differs in that, although it is similarly hooked, the retrolateral tibial apophysis is not forked.
Parahelpis wandae was first described by the Polish arachnologists Barbara Patoleta and Marek Żabka in 2020.[1] The species was named after Wanda Wesołowska, another arachnologist that comes from Poland.[2] It was placed in the genus Parahelpis. The genus was first described by Joanna Gardzińska and Żabka ten years before. The genus name was derived from the genus Helpis which may be related and with which it shares many similarities, particular in the general look of the spider.[3] It was allocated to the group Astieae, which had been first proposed by Eugène Simon in 1901. Members of the group are found in Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand and the islands that lie nearby.[4] It was placed in tribe Astiini by Wayne Maddison in 2015.[5] These were allocated to the clade Salticoida.[6] In 2017, the genus was grouped with 12 other genera of jumping spiders under the name Astiaines, itself derived from the genus name Astia.[7]