Amatorculus
Appearance
Amatorculus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Tribe: | Sitticini |
Genus: | Amatorculus Ruiz & Brescovit, 2005[1] |
Type species | |
A. stygius Ruiz & Brescovit, 2005
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Species | |
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Amatorculus is a genus of South American jumping spiders that was first described by G. R. S. Ruiz & Antônio Domingos Brescovit in 2005.[2] As of June 2019[update] it contains only two species, found only in Brazil and French Guiana: A. cristinae and A. stygius.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gen. Amatorculus Ruiz & Brescovit, 2005". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ Ruiz, G. R. S.; Brescovit, A. D. (2005). "Three new genera of jumping spider from Brazil (Araneae, Salticidae)". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 22 (3): 687–695. doi:10.1590/S0101-81752005000300026.