Amatorculus

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Amatorculus

| authority = Ruiz & Brescovit, 2005

| type_species = A. stygius

| type_species_authority = Ruiz & Brescovit, 2005

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = {{Specieslist

| A. cristinae|Ruiz & Brescovit, 2006 – Brazil, French Guiana

| A. stygius|Ruiz & Brescovit, 2005 – Brazil}}

}}

Amatorculus is a genus of South American jumping spiders that was first described by G. R. S. Ruiz & Antônio Domingos Brescovit in 2005.{{cite journal| last1=Ruiz| first1=G. R. S.| last2=Brescovit| first2=A. D.| year=2005| title=Three new genera of jumping spider from Brazil (Araneae, Salticidae)| journal=Revista Brasileira de Zoologia| pages=687–695| volume=22| issue=3| doi=10.1590/S0101-81752005000300026| author-link2=Antônio Brescovit| doi-access=free}} {{as of|2019|06}} it contains only two species, found only in Brazil and French Guiana: A. cristinae and A. stygius.{{cite journal| title=Gen. Amatorculus Ruiz & Brescovit, 2005| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2019-07-05| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2491| doi=10.24436/2}}