Amatorculus

Amatorculus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Tribe: Sitticini
Genus: Amatorculus
Ruiz & Brescovit, 2005
Type species
A. stygius
Ruiz & Brescovit, 2005
Species
  • A. cristinae Ruiz & Brescovit, 2006 – Brazil, French Guiana
  • A. stygius Ruiz & Brescovit, 2005 – Brazil

Amatorculus is a genus of South American jumping spiders that was first described by G. R. S. Ruiz & Antônio Domingos Brescovit in 2005. As of June 2019 it contains only two species, found only in Brazil and French Guiana: A. cristinae and A. stygius.