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Genus of spiders

Amatorculus
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Type species
A. stygius
Ruiz & Brescovit, 2005
Species

Amatorculus is a genus of South American jumping spiders that was first described by G. R. S. Ruiz & Antônio Domingos Brescovit in 2005. As of June 2019 it contains only two species, found only in Brazil and French Guiana: A. cristinae and A. stygius.

References

  1. ^ "Gen. Amatorculus Ruiz & Brescovit, 2005". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. 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.
Taxon identifiers
Amatorculus


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