Peckhamia (spider)

Peckhamia is a genus of ant-mimicking 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]

This article is about a genus of jumping spiders. For the scientific journal, see Peckhamia (journal).

Peckhamia
Female Peckhamia sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
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]

References
  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Peckhamia Simon, 1900". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 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. S2CID 87955152.
  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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