Pseudamycus

Taxobox
name = "Pseudamycus"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Salticidae
subfamilia = Plexippinae
tribus = Plexippini
genus = "Pseudamycus"
genus_authority = Simon, 1885
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Pseudamycus
diversity = 10 species
type_species = "Amycus albo-maculatus"
type_species_authority = Hasselt, 1882
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subdivision_ranks = Species
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"Pseudamycus" is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). The monotypic genus "Taivala" is thought to be closely related.

Appearance

These jumping spiders are light or colorful, sometimes iridescent. The cephalothorax is high, with steep sides of the thorax. The eyes protrude from the head, located within an orange-brown eye field. The rest of the carapace is greyish-orange, the abdomen light grey-brown with dots and light and dark streaks on the sides. The first pair of legs are dark brown with yellow tarsi, the other three pairs are reddish yellow and spiny.Salticidae.org: [http://www.miiz.waw.pl/salticid/diagnost/psdamyc/psdamyc.htm Genus "Pseudamycus"] ]

Habits

They live on shrubs and other, mostly broad leaved plants, for example ginger.

Distribution

The ten species are found in Southeast Asia, from India to New Britain (New Guinea).

Name

The genus is combined of Greek "pseudo" "false" and the salticid genus name "Amycus".

pecies

* "Pseudamycus albomaculatus" (Hasselt, 1882) — Malaysia to Java
* "Pseudamycus amabilis" Peckham & Peckham, 1907 — Borneo
* "Pseudamycus bhutani" Zabka, 1990 — Bhutan
* "Pseudamycus canescens" Simon, 1899 — Sumatra
* "Pseudamycus evarchanus" Strand, 1915 — New Britain
* "Pseudamycus flavopubescens" Simon, 1899 — Sumatra
* "Pseudamycus hasselti" Zabka, 1985 — Vietnam
* "Pseudamycus himalaya" (Tikader, 1967) — India
* "Pseudamycus sylvestris" Peckham & Peckham, 1907 — Borneo
* "Pseudamycus validus" (Thorell, 1877) — Sulawesi

Footnotes

References

* Platnick, N. I. (2007). [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 7.5. "American Museum of Natural History".