World Spider Catalog

Genus: Amycus C. L. Koch, 1846 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Amycus amrishi Makhan, 2006

SPECIES | NOMEN DUBIUM

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040784

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Described:

Distribution: Suriname

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026) | Salticidae Database Prószyński (2025) | GBIF

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: National Zoological Collection of Suriname, University of Suriname, Paramaribo, Suriname m - (Makhan, 2006a)
Paratype: National Zoological Collection of Suriname, University of Suriname, Paramaribo, Suriname 1m - (Makhan, 2006a)

Taxonomic References

Amycus amrishi Makhan, 2006a: 10, f. 4-7 (Dm) Original description

Amycus amrishi Courtial, Picard & Pétillon, 2026: 87 (type not found, not recognizable, nomen dubium)

References

Courtial, C., Picard, L. & Pétillon, J. (2026). Premier catalogue des Salticidae (Arachnidae, Araneae) de Guyane et description d’une nouvelle espèce. Zoosystema 48(4): 75-120. doi: 10.5252/zoosystema2026v48a4 -- Show included taxa

Makhan, D. (2006a). Rishaschia gen. nov. and new species of Salticidae from Suriname (Araneae). Calodema 5: 9-18. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Metzner, H. (2026). Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Online at https://www.jumping-spiders.com.

Prószyński, J. (2025). Salticidae (Araneae) Genera of the World "a management tool for developing a new system of Salticidae" - a scrollable e-Textbook. Version December 20th, 2025, online at http://www.salticidae.pl.

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Comment
2026-03-04	Taxon is nomen dubium	Courtial, Picard & Pétillon, 2026	Taxon declared a nomen dubium
2026-03-04	New taxonomic reference entry	Courtial, Picard & Pétillon, 2026
2026-02-23	Type repository inserted	Makhan, 2006a