Helvibis

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Helvibis

| authority = Keyserling, 1884

| type_species = H. thorelli

| type_species_authority = Keyserling, 1884

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 10, see text

| synonyms =

  • Formicinoides Keyserling, 1884{{cite journal| last1=Levi| first1=H. W.| last2=Levi| first2=L. R.| year=1962| title=The genera of the spider family Theridiidae| journal=Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology| volume=127| page=21}}

| synonyms_ref =

}}

Helvibis is a genus of spiders in the family Theridiidae that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1884.{{cite book| last=Keyserling| first=E.| year=1884| title=Die Spinnen Amerikas II. Theridiidae| pages=1–222| publisher=Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg| doi=10.5962/bhl.title.64832| author-link=Eugen von Keyserling}} It is a senior synonym of Formicinoides.

Species

{{as of|2020|05}} it contains ten species, found in Trinidad, and from Panama to Brazil:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Helvibis Keyserling, 1884| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2020-06-22| year=2020| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3490| doi=10.24436/2| last1=Gloor| first1=Daniel| last2=Nentwig| first2=Wolfgang| last3=Blick| first3=Theo| last4=Kropf| first4=Christian}}

See also

References