Athamas (genus)

Athamas (genus)

Taxobox
name = "Athamas"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Salticidae
subfamilia = Euophryinae
tribus = Athamini
genus = "Athamas"
genus_authority = O. P-Cambridge, 1877
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Athamas
diversity = 6 species
type_species = "Athamas whitmeei"
type_species_authority = O. P.-Cambridge, 1877
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subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = see text

"Athamas" is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).

Name

The genus name is derived from Athamas, the king of Orchomenus in Greek mythology.

pecies

* "Athamas debakkeri" Szüts, 2003 (New Ireland)
* "Athamas guineensis" Jendrzejewska, 1995 (New Guinea)
* "Athamas kochi" Jendrzejewska, 1995 (Tahiti)
* "Athamas nitidus" Jendrzejewska, 1995 (New Guinea)
* "Athamas tahitensis" Jendrzejewska, 1995 (Tahiti)
* "Athamas whitmeei" O. P.-Cambridge, 1877 (New Hebrides, Polynesia)

Further reading

* (2003): On remarkable jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Papua New Guinea. "Folia entomologica hungarica" 64: 41-58. [http://salticidae.next-it.hu/PDF/szuts2003c_FOLIA.pdf PDF]


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