New species of Helpis Simon, 1901 from Australia (Araneae: Salticidae), with a new definition of the genus Author Żabka, Marek Author Patoleta, Barbara M. text Zootaxa 2014 3873 5 571 589 journal article 42355 10.11646/zootaxa.3873.5.7 71209bd4-3468-45b3-9bda-3c3a31bbde76 1175-5326 252165 F51524C8-B5B3-4DDC-B861-01754495DD75 Helpis gracilis Gardzińska, 1996 Figs 18–25 , 85 Material examined . AUSTRALIA , New South Wales : 1 ♀ , Newnes State Forest, Sunnyside Road, 1.6 km from Blackfellows Hand Road, 1170 m , 33°22'33" S , 150°11'14" E , [-33,3758, 150,1872], beating and hand collecting, 16 Nov. 2005 , G.A. Milledge, L.M. Kampen & J. Tarnawski, AMS KS93198; 1♀, Barrington Tops National Park, Gloucester Tops, gate on Kerripit Rd., 1253 m , 32°03'43" S , 151°34'39" E , [-32.0619, 151.5775], beat, sweep, under bark & logs, 6 Dec. 2006 , G.A. Milledge & H.M. Smith, AMS KS98590; 1♀, Barrington Tops Reserve, Gummi Rd, Manning River Xing, 31º51'42" S , 151º33'08" E , [-31.8617, 151.5522], sclerophyll, 1109 m , site 9, beat/sweep, under bark and logs, 7 Dec. 2006 , G. Milledge & H. Smith, AMS KS98612; 1♂ , Blue Mountains National Park, Murphy’s Glen camping area, S of Woodward, 33º46'07.04" S , 150º29'10.6" E , [-33.7686, 150.4864], 3 Nov. 2008 , G. Milledge & H. Smith, AMS KS106060; Queensland : 1♂ , Walton Bridge Reserve, The Gap, Brisbane, 153º01' E , 28º27' S , [-28.45, 153.0167], 23 Oct. 2010 , R. Whyte, QMB S90776 . FIGURES 1–10. Helpis colemani (Wanless, 1988) comb. nov. 1 male, dorsal view; 2 same, ventral view; 3 same, lateral view; 4 same, frontal view; 5 same, chelicerae, endites and labium, ventral view; 6 same, cheliceral dentition; 7 same, palp, retrolateral view; 8–9 same, palp, ventral view; 10 same, palp, retrolateral view; (cf: cymbial flange, e: embolus, rta: retrolateral tibial apophysis, tl: posterior tegular lobe). Scale: 1–7 = 1 mm, 9–10 = as in Fig. FIGURES 11–17. Helpis colemani (Wanless, 1988) comb. nov. 11 female, dorsal view; 12 same, ventral view; 13 same, leg first, lateral view; 14 same, endites, labium and chelicerae; 15, 17 same, vulva; 16 same, epigyne (ag: accessory gland, cd: copulatory duct, co: copulatory opening, p: pouch, s: spermatheca). Scale: 11–14 = 1 mm, 16 = as in Fig. FIGURES 18–25 . Helpis gracilis . 18 male, dorsal view; 19–20 same, palp, ventral view; 21 palp, same, retrolateral view; 22 same, ventral view; 23 same, female, epigyne; 24–25 same, vulva; (ag: accessory gland, cd: copulatory duct, cf: cymbial flange, co: copulatory opening, e: embolus, mg: median guide, p: pouch, rta: retrolateral tibial apophysis, s: spermatheca, tl: posterior tegular lobe). Scale: 18–22 = 1 mm, 23 = as in Fig. Diagnosis . Tegular lobe distinctive, embolus longer than in other species ( Figs 19–21 ). Accessory glands diagonal in relation to insemination ducts ( Fig. 25 ). Remark . The species has been adequately described by Gardzińska (1996) . Here we only give the figures showing intraspecific variation ( Figs 18–25 ). Distribution . Originally recorded from north Queensland, here more southern localities are given . The predicted distribution shows that it is likely to also be present in parts of Victoria.