Amycus (spider)

Amycus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1846.[2]

For other senses of this term, see Amycus (disambiguation)

Amycus
A. pertyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Amycus
C. L. Koch, 1846[1]
Type species
A. igneus
(Perty, 1833)
Species

12, see text

Species

As of June 2019 it contains twelve species, found only in South America and Mexico:[1]

  • Amycus albipalpus Galvis, 2015 – Colombia
  • Amycus amrishi Makhan, 2006 – Suriname
  • Amycus annulatus Simon, 1900 – Brazil
  • Amycus ectypus Simon, 1900 – Peru, Brazil
  • Amycus equulus Simon, 1900 – Brazil
  • Amycus flavicomis Simon, 1900 – Brazil, Argentina
  • Amycus flavolineatus C. L. Koch, 1846 – Mexico
  • Amycus igneus (Perty, 1833) (type) – Brazil
  • Amycus lycosiformis Taczanowski, 1878 – Peru
  • Amycus pertyi Simon, 1900 – Peru, French Guiana
  • Amycus rufifrons Simon, 1900 – Brazil
  • Amycus spectabilis C. L. Koch, 1846 – Colombia, Peru, Brazil
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References
  1. "Gen. Amycus C. L. Koch, 1846". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. Koch, C. L. (1846). Die Arachniden. J. L. Lotzbeck, Nürnberg, Dreizehnter Band, pp. , Vierzehnter Band, pp. 1-88. <a title='Log in first' href='/user/login?refId=228'><img alt='download pdf' src='/img/pdficon_small.png' /></a>. pp. 1–234.


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