Athamas (spider)
Athamas is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1877.[2] The name is derived from Athamas, the king of Orchomenus in Greek mythology.
| Athamas | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Athamas O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877[1] |
| Type species | |
| A. whitmeei O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877 | |
| Species | |
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7, see text | |
Species
As of June 2019 it contains seven species, found on Vanuatu, Palau, in Papua New Guinea, on the Polynesian Islands, and Tahiti:[1]
- Athamas debakkeri Szüts, 2003 – Papua New Guinea (New Ireland)
- Athamas guineensis Jendrzejewska, 1995 – New Guinea
- Athamas kochi Jendrzejewska, 1995 – Tahiti
- Athamas nitidus Jendrzejewska, 1995 – New Guinea
- Athamas proszynskii Ono, 2011 – Palau Is.
- Athamas tahitensis Jendrzejewska, 1995 – French Polynesia (Society Is.: Tahiti)
- Athamas whitmeei O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877 (type) – Vanuatu, Polynesia
References
- "Gen. Athamas O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1877). "On some new species of Araneidea, with characters of two new genera and some remarks on the families Podophthalmides and Dinopides". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 45 (3): 557–578.
Further reading
- Szűts, T. (2003). "On remarkable jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Papua New Guinea" (PDF). Folia entomologica hungarica. 64: 41–58. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27.
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