''Heliophanus portentosus'' is a jumping spider species in the genus ''

Heliophanus ''Heliophanus'' is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Most of the almost 170 described species occur in Africa, with many others found in the Palearctic region from Europe to Japan. Species , the World Spider Catal ...

''. It was first described by Wanda Wesołowska in 1986 and lives in

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

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Endemic spiders of South Africa Spiders described in 1986 Salticidae Spiders of South Africa Taxa named by Wanda Wesołowska {{Heliophanus-stub