''Amycus'' is a
genus of
jumping spiders
Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. As of 2019, this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders at 13% of all species. Jumping spi ...
that was first described by
Carl Ludwig Koch
Carl Ludwig Koch (21 September 1778 – 23 August 1857) was a German entomologist and arachnologist. He was responsible for classifying a great number of spiders, including the Brazilian whiteknee tarantula and common house spider. He was bo ...
in 1846.
Species
it contains twelve species, found only in South America and Mexico:
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Amycus albipalpus''
Galvis, 2015 – Colombia
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Amycus amrishi''
Makhan, 2006 – Suriname
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Amycus annulatus''
Simon, 1900 – Brazil
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Amycus ectypus''
Simon, 1900 – Peru, Brazil
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Amycus equulus''
Simon, 1900 – Brazil
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Amycus flavicomis''
Simon, 1900 – Brazil, Argentina
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Amycus flavolineatus''
C. L. Koch, 1846 – Mexico
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Amycus igneus''
(Perty, 1833) (
type
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) – Brazil
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Amycus lycosiformis''
Taczanowski
Taczanowski (Polish feminine: Taczanowska; plural: Taczanowscy) is the surname of a Polish szlachta (nobility) family from Poznań bearing the Jastrzębiec coat of arms and the motto: ''Plus penser que dire''. They took their name from th ...
, 1878 – Peru
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Amycus pertyi''
Simon, 1900 – Peru, French Guiana
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Amycus rufifrons''
Simon, 1900 – Brazil
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Amycus spectabilis''
C. L. Koch, 1846 – Colombia, Peru, Brazil
References
Salticidae
Salticidae genera
Spiders of Mexico
Spiders of South America
Taxa named by Carl Ludwig Koch
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