Amycus (spider) explained

Amycus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1846.^[1]

Species

it contains twelve species, found only in South America and Mexico:^[2]

• 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

Notes and References

1. Book: Koch, C. L.. 1846. Die Arachniden. J. L. Lotzbeck, Nürnberg, Dreizehnter Band, pp., Vierzehnter Band, pp. 1-88.. 1–234. Carl Ludwig Koch.
2. Gen. Amycus C. L. Koch, 1846. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-05. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.