Peckhamia (genus)
| 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 | |
| Species | |
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see text | |
| Diversity | |
| 7 species | |
Peckhamia is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
Name
The genus is named in honor of George and Elizabeth Peckham, who identified many salticids at the time.
Species
- Peckhamia americana (Peckham & Peckham, 1892) — USA, Mexico
- Peckhamia argentinensis Galiano, 1986 — Argentina
- Peckhamia picata (Hentz, 1846) — USA, Canada
- Peckhamia prescotti Chickering, 1946 — El Salvador, Panama
- Peckhamia scorpionia (Hentz, 1846) — USA, Canada
- Peckhamia seminola Gertsch, 1936 — USA
- Peckhamia variegata (F. O. P-Cambridge, 1900) — Panama
There is a recently described species Peckhamia soesilae Makhan, 2006 from Surinam.
References
- Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History.