Amycus (spider)
Genus of spiders
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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 | |
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| male A. igneus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
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12, see text | |
Species
As of June 2019[update] it contains eleven species, found only in South America and Mexico:[1]
- Amycus albipalpus Galvis, 2015 – Colombia
- 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
