Pseudamycus

Pseudamycus is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae. The monotypic genus Taivala is thought to be closely related.

Pseudamycus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Plexippinae
Genus:	Pseudamycus Simon, 1885
Type species
Amycus albo-maculatus Hasselt, 1882
Species
see text
Diversity
10 species

Appearance

These jumping spiders are light or colorful, sometimes iridescent. The cephalothorax is high, with steep sides of the thorax. The eyes protrude from the head, located within an orange-brown eye field. The rest of the carapace is greyish-orange, the abdomen light grey-brown with dots and light and dark streaks on the sides. The first pair of legs are dark brown with yellow tarsi, the other three pairs are reddish yellow and spiny.[1]

Habits

They live on shrubs and other, mostly broad leaved plants, for example ginger.

Distribution

The ten species are found in Southeast Asia, from India to New Britain (New Guinea).

Name

The genus is combined of Greek pseudo "false" and the salticid genus name Amycus.

Species

• Pseudamycus albomaculatus (Hasselt, 1882) – Malaysia to Java
• Pseudamycus amabilis Peckham & Peckham, 1907 – Borneo
• Pseudamycus bhutani Zabka, 1990 – Bhutan
• Pseudamycus canescens Simon, 1899 – Sumatra
• Pseudamycus evarchanus Strand, 1915 – New Britain
• Pseudamycus flavopubescens Simon, 1899 – Sumatra
• Pseudamycus hasselti Zabka, 1985 – Vietnam
• Pseudamycus himalaya (Tikader, 1967) – India
• Pseudamycus sylvestris Peckham & Peckham, 1907 – Borneo
• Pseudamycus validus (Thorell, 1877) – Sulawesi

Footnotes

1. Salticidae.org: Genus Pseudamycus Archived 2010-12-06 at the Wayback Machine

References

• Platnick, N. I. (2007). The world spider catalog, version 7.5. American Museum of Natural History.