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Amycus (spider)

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Amycus
A. albipalpus
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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

Species

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

References

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  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ Koch, C. L. (1846). Die Arachniden. J. L. Lotzbeck, Nürnberg, Dreizehnter Band, pp. , Vierzehnter Band, pp. 1-88. pp. 1–234.