Amycus (spider)
{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}
{{About|a genus of spiders|other uses|Amycus (disambiguation)}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Amycus
| image = Amycus albipalpus.jpg
| image_caption = A. albipalpus
| authority = C. L. Koch, 1846
| type_species = A. igneus
| type_species_authority = (Perty, 1833)
| subdivision = 12, see text
}}
Amycus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1846.{{cite book| last=Koch| first=C. L.| year=1846| title=Die Arachniden| publisher=J. L. Lotzbeck, Nürnberg, Dreizehnter Band, pp. , Vierzehnter Band, pp. 1-88.| pages=1–234| author-link=Carl Ludwig Koch}}
Species
{{as of|2019|06}} it contains twelve species, found only in South America and Mexico:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Amycus C. L. Koch, 1846| 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/2493| doi=10.24436/2| last1=Gloor| first1=Daniel| last2=Nentwig| first2=Wolfgang| last3=Blick| first3=Theo| last4=Kropf| first4=Christian}}
- 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
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Category:Spiders of South America
Category:Taxa named by Carl Ludwig Koch
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