Amilaps

Amilaps
Amilaps mayana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Amilaps
Maddison, 2019
Species:
A. mayana
Binomial name
Amilaps mayana
Maddison, 2019

Amilaps is a monotypic genus of jumping spiders containing the single species, Amilaps mayana. It was first described in 2019 by Wayne Maddison, who originally collected the type specimen in 1983 in Teapa, Mexico. The genus was tentatively placed in the tribe Lapsiini, a division of the subfamily Spartaeinae.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Amilaps Maddison, 2019". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
  2. ↑ Maddison, W. P. (2019). "A new lapsiine jumping spider from North America, with a review of Simon's Lapsias species (Araneae, Salticidae, Spartaeinae)". ZooKeys (891): 17–29. Bibcode:2019ZooK..891...17M. doi:10.3897/zookeys.891.38563. PMC 6882923. PMID 31802970.