{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Pseudamycus | authority = Simon, 1885 | type_species = ''Amycus albo-maculatus'' | type_species_authority = Hasselt, 1882 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text. }}
'''''Pseudamycus''''' is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae. The monotypic genus ''Taivala'' is thought to be closely related.
==Appearance== These jumping spiders are light or colorful, sometimes iridescent. The cephalothorax is high, with steep sides of the thorax. The eyes protrude from the head, located within an orange-brown eye field. The rest of the carapace is greyish-orange, the abdomen light grey-brown with dots and light and dark streaks on the sides. The first pair of legs are dark brown with yellow tarsi, the other three pairs are reddish yellow and spiny.<ref name=Proszynsky1997>Salticidae.org: [http://www.miiz.waw.pl/salticid/diagnost/psdamyc/psdamyc.htm Genus ''Pseudamycus''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206004659/http://www.miiz.waw.pl/salticid/diagnost/psdamyc/psdamyc.htm |date=2010-12-06 }}</ref>
==Habits== They live on shrubs and other, mostly broad leaved plants, for example ginger.
==Distribution== The ten species are found in Southeast Asia, from India to New Britain (New Guinea).
==Name== The genus is combined of Greek ''pseudo'' "false" and the salticid genus name ''Amycus''.
==Species== * ''Pseudamycus albomaculatus'' <small>(Hasselt, 1882)</small> – Malaysia to Java * ''Pseudamycus amabilis'' <small>Peckham & Peckham, 1907</small> – Borneo * ''Pseudamycus bhutani'' <small>Zabka, 1990</small> – Bhutan * ''Pseudamycus canescens'' <small>Simon, 1899</small> – Sumatra * ''Pseudamycus evarchanus'' <small>Strand, 1915</small> – New Britain * ''Pseudamycus flavopubescens'' <small>Simon, 1899</small> – Sumatra * ''Pseudamycus hasselti'' <small>Zabka, 1985</small> – Vietnam * ''Pseudamycus himalaya'' <small>(Tikader, 1967)</small> – India * ''Pseudamycus sylvestris'' <small>Peckham & Peckham, 1907</small> – Borneo * ''Pseudamycus validus'' <small>(Thorell, 1877)</small> – Sulawesi
==Footnotes== {{Reflist}}
==References== * Platnick, N. I. (2007). [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog], version 7.5. ''American Museum of Natural History''.
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Category:Salticidae Category:Spiders of Asia Category:Salticidae genera Category:Taxa named by Eugène Simon
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