Amycus (spider)

Amycus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1846.

Species it contains eleven species, found only in South America and Mexico: Amycus albipalpus Galvis, 2015 – Colombia Amycus annulatus Simon, 1900 – Brazil Amycus ectypus Simon, 1900 – Peru, Brazil Amycus equulus Simon, 1900 – Brazil Amycus flavicomis Simon, 1900 – Brazil, Argentina Amycus flavolineatus C. L. Koch, 1846 – Mexico Amycus igneus (Perty, 1833) (type) – Brazil Amycus lycosiformis Taczanowski, 1878 – Peru Amycus pertyi Simon, 1900 – Peru, French Guiana Amycus rufifrons Simon, 1900 – Brazil Amycus spectabilis C. L. Koch, 1846 – Colombia, Peru, Brazil

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