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{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Helpis minitabunda female.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Helpis minitabunda]]'' (female)
| taxon = Helpis
| authority = [[Eugène Simon|Simon]], 1901
| type_species = ''[[Helpis minitabunda|Astia minitabunda]]''
| type_species_authority = L. Koch, 1880
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = [[#Species|See text]].
}}
'''''Helpis''''' is a [[genus]] of the [[spider]] family [[Salticidae]] (jumping spiders).
==Species==
As of May 2017, the [[World Spider Catalog]] lists the following species in the genus:<ref>{{cite web|author=World Spider Catalog|year=2017|title=Gen. ''Helpis'' Simon 1901|website=World Spider Catalog|publisher=Natural History Museum|place=Bern|url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2687|version=18.0|accessdate=30 May 2017}}</ref>
* ''[[Helpis colemani]]'' <small>(Wanless, 1988)</small> –  [[Queensland]]
* ''[[Helpis foelixi]]'' <small>Żabka & [[Barbara Maria Patoleta|Patoleta]], 2014</small> – Queensland
* ''[[Helpis gracilis]]'' <small>Gardzinska, 1996</small> – [[New South Wales]]
* ''[[Helpis kenilworthi]]'' <small>Zabka, 2002</small> – Queensland, New South Wales
* ''[[Helpis longichelis]]'' <small>Strand, 1915</small> – [[New Guinea]]
* ''[[Helpis longipalpis]]'' <small>Gardzinska & Zabka, 2010</small> – [[Western Australia]]
* ''[[Helpis merriwa]]'' <small>Żabka & Patoleta, 2014</small> – New South Wales
* ''[[Helpis minitabunda]]'' <small>(L. Koch, 1880)</small> – New Guinea, [[Eastern Australia]], introduced to [[New Zealand]]
* ''[[Helpis occidentalis]]'' <small>Simon, 1909</small> – Australia
* ''[[Helpis risdonica]]'' <small>Zabka, 2002</small> – [[Tasmania]]
* ''[[Helpis staregai]]'' <small>Żabka & Patoleta, 2014</small> – New South Wales
* ''[[Helpis tasmanica]]'' <small>Zabka, 2002</small> – Tasmania
* ''[[Helpis wanlessi]]'' <small>Żabka & Patoleta, 2014</small> – New South Wales
* ''[[Helpis wisharti]]'' <small>Żabka & Patoleta, 2014</small> – New South Wales
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/helpis/minit-ph.htm Photograph of ''H. minitabunda'']
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[[Category:Salticidae]]
[[Category:Spiders of Australia]]
[[Category:Salticidae genera]]
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