Parahelpis Gardzińska & Żabka, 2010

Patoleta, Barbara M. & Żabka, Marek, 2020, New record of Gelotia Thorell, 1890 and a new species of Parahelpis Gardzińska & Żabka, 2010 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Australia, Zootaxa 4899 (1), pp. 280-286 : 284

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.15
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4400590
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scientific name	Parahelpis Gardzińska & Żabka, 2010
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Genus Parahelpis Gardzińska & Żabka, 2010 View in CoL

Parahelpis Gardzińska & Żabka, 2010: 47–48 View in CoL View Cited Treatment .

Type species. Helpis abnormis Żabka, 2002 .

Remarks. We consider the genus Parahelpis part of Astieae (sensu Wanless 1988), a very diverse group, mostly known from Eastern Australia and New Guinea, where 8 genera and over 60 species are known. Thus far, only two species of Parahelpis are described: P. abnormis (Żabka, 2002) and P. smithi Gardzińska & Żabka, 2010 , both only known from males and distributed in Australia.

In comparison with related genera, Parahelpis can be distinguished by the mirror reversed orientation of the tegulum and embolus ( Gardzińska & Żabka 2010), but until females are found, the relationship of Parahelpis to other members of the Astieae group cannot be specified.