Amatorculus

Updated on Dec 08, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Chelicerata Order Araneae Rank Genus		Phylum Arthropoda Class Arachnida Infraorder Araneomorphae
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Amatorculus is a genus of the jumping spiders, with two described species from Brazil.

Name

The genus name means "small friend" in Latin. The name stygius is Latin for "from hell".

A. stygius is known from Distrito Federal and the State of São Paulo in Brazil. Both species have been found in Minas Gerais.

Amatorculus cristinae Ruiz & Brescovit, 2006

Amatorculus stygius Ruiz & Brescovit, 2005

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