Peckhamia (spider)

Peckhamia is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900.[3] It is named in honor of George and Elizabeth Peckham, and is considered a senior synonym of the genus Consingis.[2]

Peckhamia
Female Peckhamia sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Peckhamia
Simon, 1900[1]
Type species
P. scorpionia
(Hentz, 1846)
Species

9, see text

Synonyms[1]

Species

As of August 2019 it contains nine species, found in North America, Central America, Suriname, Argentina, Brazil, and on Hispaniola:[1]

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References

  1. "Gen. Peckhamia Simon, 1900". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
  2. Richman, D. B. (2015). "On the generic name Peckhamia Simon 1900 (Araneae, Salticidae)". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 72 (1): 103. doi:10.21805/bzn.v72i1.a6.
  3. Simon, E. (1900). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Attidae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 44: 381–407.


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