World Spider Catalog

Genus: Amilaps Maddison, 2019 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Amilaps olivacea (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED | TYPE SPECIES

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036144

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Described:

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Distribution: Mexico, Guatemala

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026) | Salticidae Database Prószyński (2025) | GBIF

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK f - (Maddison & González-Santillán, 2026)
Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA m of Amilaps mayana - (Maddison, 2019)

Taxonomic References

Sidusa olivacea F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 211, pl. 15, f. 11 (Df) Original description

Amilaps mayana Maddison, 2019: 20, f. 1-11 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051513]

Amilaps olivacea Maddison & González-Santillán, 2026: 4, f. 5-25, 28-35 (f, T of Sidusa, S of Amilaps mayana)

References

Maddison, W. P. (2019). A new lapsiine jumping spider from North America, with a review of Simon's Lapsias species (Araneae, Salticidae, Spartaeinae). ZooKeys 891: 17-29. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.891.38563 -- Show included taxa

Maddison, W. P. & González-Santillán, E. (2026). Phylogenetic isolation of the jumping spider Amilaps olivacea, with notes on morphology and natural history (Salticidae: Spartaeinae: Lapsiini). Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 97(e975803): 1-10. doi: 10.22201/ib.20078706e.2026.97.5803 -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1901a). Arachnida. Araneidea and Opiliones. Vol. II. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana. Taylor and Francis, London, pp. 193-312, pl. 15-30. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.730 [for the exact dates see Lyal, 2011] -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Metzner, H. (2026). Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Online at https://www.jumping-spiders.com.

Prószyński, J. (2025). Salticidae (Araneae) Genera of the World "a management tool for developing a new system of Salticidae" - a scrollable e-Textbook. Version December 20th, 2025, online at http://www.salticidae.pl.

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-10-19	Species updated	Maddison & González-Santillán, 2026	Old value
2026-10-19	New taxonomic reference entry	Maddison & González-Santillán, 2026
2026-10-19	Species transferred to new genus	Maddison & González-Santillán, 2026		Species transferred from Sidusa G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1895 to Amilaps Maddison, 2019
2026-10-19	Type repository inserted	Maddison & González-Santillán, 2026