Revision of Helvetia (Araneae: Salticidae: Heliophaninae) Author Gustavo R. S. Ruiz Author Antonio D. Brescovit text Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 2008 2008-03-31 25 1 139 147 journal article 10.1590/S0101-81752008000100018 10c257cd-4869-4667-86fb-9ff9b671ada1 3678502 Helvetia humillima ( Mello-Leitão, 1943 ) , sp. reval. Figs 17-18 Cotinusa humillima Mello-Leitão, 1943: 223 , fig. 49 [ male holotype from Itapiranga , Santa Catarina (not Rio Grande do Sul, as in Mello-Leitão, 1943 ), Brazil , P. Buck leg. , deposited in MNRJ 41937 , not examined ]. Helvetia humillima : Galiano, 1963b: 2 (synonymized with H . santarema ); Galiano, 1965: 47 . Note. Since the type specimen of Cotinusa humillima has not been examined, the identification of this species is based on the good illustrations by GALIANO (1963b : figs 8-10, 1965: fig. 9). Diagnosis. The male of this species has a RTA very similar to that of H . cancrimana , with a short ventral branch and a developed dorsal branch, but can be distinguished by the ventral basal projection on the RTA ( Fig. 18 ) and the longer embolus ( Fig. 17 ). Description. Male. Described by GALIANO (1963b: 2 , un- der H . santarema ). Figures 15-20. Left palp of (15-16) Helvetia galianoae : (15) ventral view̡ (16) retrolateral view; (17-18) Helvetia humillima : (17) ventral view̡ (18) retrolateral view; (19-20) Helvetia stridulans : (19) vental view̡ (20) retrolareal view. Bars = 0.25 mm. Female. Unknown. Material examined. BRAZIL , Santa Catarina : Paulo Lopes ( Parque Estadual do Tabuleiro , 27°55’S , 48°42’W ), 1 male , 10- 20.I.2003 , Equipe Biota leg. ( IBSP 78637 ) . Distribution. Known only from the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil.