Illustrated key and survey of the
Helafricanus
species
Habitus
Chelicera
Palp
RTA
Epigyne
Vulva
leg
Illustration
Foto
MALES
Body
+
Markings
Opistosoma with dark or bright spots
basic colouring dark
Eyes
+
AER
dorsal edge procurve
Labium
+
Length
wider than long
Palp
+
Femur
process with one end
Embolus
+
Shape
short chisel-like
Legs
+
Leg formula
4-1-3-2
Distribution
+
Geographical Distribution
Europe
Afrika
Middle East
FEMALES
Body
+
Markings
basic colouring dark
Eyes
+
AER
dorsal edge procurve
Labium
+
Length
wider than long
Distribution
+
Geographical Distribution
Europe
Afrika
Middle East
Anatomical/Morphological characters are used conforming to the Spider Anatomy Ontology whenever possible (Ramírez & Michalik 2019 – Diversity 11: 1–9.)
accessible through
ONTOBEE
The Key ist very fragmentic at the moment and only some genera like
Corythalia
show all possibilities of the matrix based key. Possibly a future project to add traits for genera and species for more taxa - system is ready for that ;-).