Athamas (spider) explained

Athamas is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1877.^[1] The name is derived from Athamas, the king of Orchomenus in Greek mythology.

Species

it contains seven species, found on Vanuatu, Palau, in Papua New Guinea, on the Polynesian Islands, and Tahiti:^[2]

• Athamas debakkeri Szüts, 2003 – Papua New Guinea (New Ireland)
• Athamas guineensis Jendrzejewska, 1995 – New Guinea
• Athamas kochi Jendrzejewska, 1995 – Tahiti
• Athamas nitidus Jendrzejewska, 1995 – New Guinea
• Athamas proszynskii Ono, 2011 – Palau Is.
• Athamas tahitensis Jendrzejewska, 1995 – French Polynesia (Society Is.: Tahiti)
• Athamas whitmeei O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877 (type) – Vanuatu, Polynesia

Further reading

• Szűts. T.. 2003. On remarkable jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Papua New Guinea. Folia Entomologica Hungarica. 64. 41–58. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927032151/http://salticidae.next-it.hu/PDF/szuts2003c_FOLIA.pdf. dead. 2007-09-27.

Notes and References

1. Pickard-Cambridge. O.. 1877. On some new species of Araneidea, with characters of two new genera and some remarks on the families Podophthalmides and Dinopides. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 557–578. 45. 3. Octavius Pickard-Cambridge.
2. Gen. Athamas O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-05. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.