- Peckhamia
Taxobox
name = "Peckhamia"
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropoda
classis =Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia =Salticidae
subfamilia =Synagelinae
tribus =Peckhamiini
genus = "Peckhamia"
genus_authority = Simon, 1901
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Peckhamia
diversity = 7 species
type_species = "Synemosyna scorpionia"
type_species_authority = Hentz, 1846
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subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = see text"Peckhamia" is a
spider genus of theSalticidae family (jumping spiders).Name
The genus is named in honor of
George and Elizabeth Peckham , who identified many salticids at the time.pecies
* "
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) — PanamaThere is a recently described species "
Peckhamia soesilae " Makhan, 2006 fromSurinam .References
* (2008): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.5. "American Museum of Natural History".
External links
* [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/peckhami/presc-ol.htm Painting of "P. prescotti"]
* [http://www.miiz.waw.pl/salticid/diagnost/peckhami/ameri-gb.htm Pictures of "P. americana"]
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