Peckhamia | |
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Female Peckhamia sp. | |
Scientific 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] | |
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]
As of August 2019 [update] it contains nine species, found in North America, Central America, Suriname, Argentina, Brazil, and on Hispaniola: [1]
Peckhamia | |
---|---|
Female Peckhamia sp. | |
Scientific 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] | |
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]
As of August 2019 [update] it contains nine species, found in North America, Central America, Suriname, Argentina, Brazil, and on Hispaniola: [1]