Amycus (spider)

For other senses of this term, see Amycus (disambiguation)
Amycus
A. pertyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Amycinae
Genus: Amycus
C. L. Koch, 1846
Type species
Salticus igneus
Perty, 1833
Species

see text

Diversity
11 species

Amycus is a genus of South American jumping spiders.

Name

Amycus is the son of Poseidon and Melia from Greek mythology.

Species

References

External links

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