Amycus (spider)
Amycus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1846.[2]
| Amycus | |
|---|---|
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| A. albipalpus | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata | 
| Class: | Arachnida | 
| Order: | Araneae | 
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae | 
| Family: | Salticidae | 
| Subfamily: | Salticinae | 
| 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
 
References
    
- Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Amycus C. L. Koch, 1846". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
 - Koch, C. L. (1846). Die Arachniden. J. L. Lotzbeck, Nürnberg, Dreizehnter Band, pp. , Vierzehnter Band, pp. 1-88. pp. 1–234.
 
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