| Peckhamia | |
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| Female Peckhamia americana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Synagelinae |
| Genus: | Peckhamia Simon, 1901 |
| Type species | |
| Synemosyna scorpionia Hentz, 1846 |
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| Species | |
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| Diversity | |
| 7 species | |
Peckhamia is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
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The genus is named in honor of George and Elizabeth Peckham, who identified many salticids at the time.
There is a recently described species Peckhamia soesilae Makhan, 2006 from Surinam.