Amilaps
Amilaps is a genus in the jumping spider family Salticidae. As of August 2020, its only species is Amilaps mayana, found in Mexico and Guatemala.[1][2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Spartaeinae |
| Genus: | Amilaps Maddison, 2019[1] |
| Species: | A. mayana |
| Binomial name | |
| Amilaps mayana Maddison, 2019[1] | |
Taxonomy
The genus and species were first described in 2019 by Wayne Maddison,[1][2] who originally collected the type specimen in 1983 in Teapa, Mexico.[2] Maddison tentatively placed the genus in the tribe Lapsiini, one of the tribes into which the subfamily Spartaeinae is divided.[2]
References
- "Gen. Amilaps Maddison, 2019", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2020-08-31
- 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, doi:10.3897/zookeys.891.38563
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