A new genus and five new species of Astieae (Araneae: Salticidae) from Australia, with remarks on distribution Author Gardzińska, Joanna Author Żabka, Marek text Zootaxa 2010 2010-07-05 2526 37 53 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.196414 6cea8d68-da0b-4dff-ac5c-8a610d84683f 1175-5326 196414 Parahelpis new genus Type species: Helpis abnormis Żabka, 2002 , designated here. Etymology. Derived from Helpis – the possible relative. Current list of species: Parahelpis abnormis (Żabka, 2002) comb. nov. , Parahelpis smithae sp. nov. . Diagnosis. General appearance similar to Helpis . In comparison with other Astieae genera, tegulum strongly elongated, prolaterally bent and looking “mirror-reversed”-like. Posterior lobe large, retrolateral tibial apophysis broad and bifurcate. FIGURES 45–52. Parahelpis smithae new species , male holotype. 45 dorsal view; 46–47 cephalothorax; 48 ventral view; 49–50 abdomen (49 dorsal, 50 ventral); 51–52 palpal organ (51 ventral, 52 dorsal). Scale bars: 45 & 48 = 1 mm; 51–52 = 0.5 mm. Description. Pluridentate spiders, 5–6 mm long. Cephalothorax with gentle thoracic slope and clusters of pale, scale-like hairs. Fovea located just behind PLE. Abdomen elongate, without scutum, with pattern of dark markings on pale background. Clypeus narrow. Chelicerae long, pluridentate. Sternum scutiform. Legs long and slender, in both known species with 4 and 2 pairs of ventrolateral spines, respectively. Seminal reservoir runs along tegulum in its median part. Females unknown.