Athamas (spider)

Athamas
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Athamas
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877
Type species
A. whitmeei
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877
Species

7, see text

Athamas is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1877. The name is derived from Athamas, the king of Orchomenus in Greek mythology.

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