Amatorculus
| Amatorculus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Subkingdom: | Eumetazoa |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Section: | Dionycha |
| Superfamily: | Salticoidea |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Sitticinae |
| Genus: | Amatorculus Ruiz & Brescovit, 2005 |
| Series: | Entelegynae |
| Type species | |
| Amatorculus stygius | |
| Species | |
|
see text | |
| Diversity | |
| 2 species | |
Amatorculus is a genus of the jumping spiders, with two described species from Brazil.
Name
The genus name means "small friend" in Latin. The epitheton stygius is Latin for "from hell"
Distribution
A. stygius is known from Distrito Federal and the State of São Paulo in Brazil. Both species have been found in Minas Gerais.
Species
- Amatorculus cristinae Ruiz & Brescovit, 2006
- Amatorculus stygius Ruiz & Brescovit, 2005
References
- Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.
External links
- Three new genera of jumping spider from Brazil (Araneae, Salticidae) (2005)
- Ruiz, Gustavo R.S. & Brescovit, Antonio D. (2006): Gavarilla, a new genus of jumping spider from Brazil, and description of two new species of the genera Capeta Ruiz & Brescovit and Amatorculus Ruiz & Brescovit (Araneae, Salticidae, Sitticinae). PDF
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