''Athamas'' is a
genus of
jumping spiders
Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. As of 2019, this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders at 13% of all species. Jumping spi ...
that was first described by
Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1877.
The name is derived from
Athamas, the king of
Orchomenus in
Greek mythology.
Species
it contains seven species, found on
Vanuatu,
Palau, in
Papua New Guinea, on the
Polynesian Islands
Polynesia () "many" and νῆσος () "island"), to, Polinisia; mi, Porinihia; haw, Polenekia; fj, Polinisia; sm, Polenisia; rar, Porinetia; ty, Pōrīnetia; tvl, Polenisia; tkl, Polenihia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania, made up of ...
, and
Tahiti:
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Athamas debakkeri''
Szüts, 2003 – Papua New Guinea (New Ireland)
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Athamas guineensis''
Jendrzejewska, 1995 – New Guinea
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Athamas kochi''
Jendrzejewska, 1995 – Tahiti
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Athamas nitidus''
Jendrzejewska, 1995 – New Guinea
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Athamas proszynskii''
Ono, 2011 – Palau Is.
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Athamas tahitensis''
Jendrzejewska, 1995 – French Polynesia (Society Is.: Tahiti)
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Athamas whitmeei''
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877 (
type
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) – Vanuatu, Polynesia
References
Further reading
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Salticidae genera
Salticidae
Spiders of Oceania
Taxa named by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge
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