Amycus igneus (Perty, 1833)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032286

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Described:


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Taxonomic References
Salticus igneus Perty, 1833: 199, pl. 39, f. 7 (Dm) Original description
Attus igneus Walckenaer, 1837: 475
Amycus igneus C. L. Koch, 1846: 182, f. 1232 (m)
Amyca ignea Simon, 1864: 328
Amycus igneus Sherwood, Blick & Ballarin, 2025: 46 (no type material, unidentifiable, nomen dubium)
References

Koch, C. L. (1846). Die Arachniden. J. L. Lotzbeck, Nürnberg, Dreizehnter Band, pp. 1-234, pl. 433-468 (f. 1078-1271); Vierzehnter Band, pp. 1-88, pl. 467-480 (f. 1272-1342). doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.43744 [[for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b]] -- Show included taxa

Perty, M. (1833). Arachnides Brasilienses. In: de Spix, J. B. & Martius, F. P. (eds.) Delectus animalium articulatorum quae in itinere per Braziliam ann. 1817 et 1820 colligerunt. Monachii [= München/Munich], pp. 191-209, pls. 38-39. -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D., Blick, T. & Ballarin, F. (2025). Studies on spider nomenclature IV: additional dubious and unavailable nomina, status of genera with invalid type species, further synonymies, and emendations (Arachnida: Araneae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 47: 43-54. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1864). Histoire naturelle des Araignées (Aranéides). Roret, Paris, 540 pp. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.47654 [[there are two published versions of pp. 65-68, version 1 from BHL, version 2 from Munich library]] -- Show included taxa

Walckenaer, C. A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères. Tome premier. Roret, Paris, 682 pp., pl. 1-15. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.61095 [[plates in second pdf]] -- 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 Old value Comment
2026-01-12 Taxon is nomen dubium Sherwood, Blick & Ballarin, 2025 Taxon declared a nomen dubium

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