Helvetia Peckham & Peckham 1894

Bedoya-Roqueme, Edwin, Nadal, María F. & Rubio, Gonzalo D., 2018, First record of the genus Helvetia Peckham & Peckham, 1894 (Araneae: Salticidae: Chrysillini) from Colombia and extension of its distribution in Argentina, Peckhamia 175 (1), pp. 1-10 : 2

Helvetia Peckham & Peckham 1894

Helvetia Peckham & Peckham, 1894: 119 . Type species H. santarema Peckham & Peckham 1894: 119 .

Diagnosis. According to Peckham & Peckham (1894) and Ruiz & Brescovit (2008) Helvetia can be distinguished from all other small chrysilline jumping spiders by their trapezoid carapace, much wider at the rear than at the front.

Remarks. Palps of Helvetia have the chrysilline bump and can have a short embolus originating distally on the prolateral side of the tegulum and a short RTA, or they can exhibit extensive modifications such as a very long embolus associated with a counterclockwise rotation of the tegulum in the left palp, grooves on the cymbium to hold the tip of the curling embolus, and a bifid RTA with a developed ventral branch or with a very well-developed dorsal branch (see Galiano 1976, fig. 10; Ruiz & Brescovit 2008, figs. 15–16, 19–20).