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Salticidae Pseudamycus

Pseudamycus albomaculatus (Hasselt, 1882)

White-spotted Big-eyed Jumper

In both sexes, the abdomen is adorned with white dots, against a black background (in males), and a brown background (in females). The ocular region is darker than the rest of the light brownish carapace, with the PLE mounted on low tubercles. The male has fringes of white hairs on the legs, most conspicuous dorsally on femora I to III. The female may be recognised by the darkly coloured abdominal pattern of a pair of antelope horns.

Length♀ 8 mm; ♂ 9 mm
DistributionSingapore, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java), Brunei.
HabitatFoliage in rainforests, frequently near water.

Taxonomy

Taxonomic references*

  1. Amycus albo-maculatus (Original description ♂)

    van Hasselt, 1882 Araneae: 52, pl. 3, f. 10 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.119451

  2. Pseudamycus albomaculatus

    Simon, 1885a Arachnides recueillis par M: 36

  3. Pseudamycus albomaculatus (Original description ♀)

    Reimoser, 1929a Spolia Mentaweiensia: 132

  4. Pseudamycus albomaculatus (♂♀)

    Prószyński, 1984a Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae (Araneae): 114

  5. Pseudamycus albomaculatus (♀)

    Żabka, 1985 Systematic and zoogeographic study on the family Salticidae (Araneae) from Viet-Nam: 440, f. 511-512

  6. Pseudamycus albomaculatus (♂♀)

    Prószyński, 2017b Pragmatic classification of the world's Salticidae (Araneae): 53, f. 23P doi:10.37828/em.2017.12.1

* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.

Distribution Map for Pseudamycus albomaculatus (Hasselt, 1882)

Singapore, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java), Brunei.

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