Amycus (genus)

Taxobox
name = "Amycus"


image_caption = "A. pertyi"
image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Salticidae
subfamilia = Amycinae
tribus = Amycini
genus = "Amycus"
genus_authority = C. L. Koch, 1846
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Amycus
diversity = 13 species
type_species = "Salticus igneus"
type_species_authority = Perty, 1833
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range_map_width = 250px
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = see text

"Amycus" is a genus of South American jumping spiders.

Name

Amycus is the son of Poseidon and Melia from Greek mythology.

pecies

* "Amycus amrishi" Makhan, 2006 — Suriname
* "Amycus annulatus" Simon, 1900 — Brazil
* "Amycus ectypus" Simon, 1900 — Peru, Brazil
* "Amycus effeminatus" Caporiacco, 1954 — French Guiana
* "Amycus equulus" Simon, 1900 — Brazil
* "Amycus flavicomis" Simon, 1900 — Brazil, Argentina
* "Amycus flavolineatus" C. L. Koch, 1846 — Mexico
* "Amycus igneus" (Perty, 1833) — Brazil
* "Amycus lycosiformis" Taczanowski, 1878 — Peru
* "Amycus patellaris" (Caporiacco, 1954) — French Guiana
* "Amycus pertyi" Simon, 1900 — Peru
* "Amycus rufifrons" Simon, 1900 — Brazil
* "Amycus spectabilis" C. L. Koch, 1846 — Peru, Brazil

References

* (2007): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.0. "American Museum of Natural History".

External links

* [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/amycus/flavi-ph.htm Photograph of "A. flavicomis"]