Peckhamia is a genus of ant-mimicking jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900. It is named in honor of George and Elizabeth Peckham, and is considered a senior synonym of the genus Consingis.
Species
it contains sixteen species, found in North America, Central America, Suriname, Argentina, Brazil, and the Greater Antilles:
- Peckhamia americana <small>(Peckham & Peckham, 1892)</small> â USA, Mexico, Hispaniola
- Peckhamia areito <small>Cala-Riquelme, Bustamante, Crews & Cutler, 2020</small> â Dominican Republic
- Peckhamia argentinensis <small>Galiano, 1986</small> â Argentina
- Peckhamia espositoae <small>Cala-Riquelme, Bustamante, Crews & Cutler, 2020</small> â Jamaica
- Peckhamia formosa <small>(Bryant, 1943)</small> â Haiti
- Peckhamia magna <small>(Bryant, 1943)</small> â Dominican Republic
- Peckhamia montana <small>(Bryant, 1943)</small> â Dominican Republic
- Peckhamia picata <small>(Hentz, 1846)</small> â North America
- Peckhamia prescotti <small>Chickering, 1946</small> â Mexico, El Salvador, Panama
- Peckhamia scorpionia <small>(Hentz, 1846)</small> (type) â USA, Canada
- Peckhamia semicana <small>(Simon, 1900)</small> â Brazil, Argentina
- Peckhamia seminola <small>Gertsch, 1936</small> â USA (Florida)
- Peckhamia soesilae <small>Makhan, 2006</small> â Suriname
- Peckhamia surcaribensis <small>Cala-Riquelme, Bustamante, Crews & Cutler, 2020</small> â Cuba
- Peckhamia variegata <small>(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900)</small> â Panama
- Peckhamia wesolowskae <small>Cala-Riquelme, Bustamante, Crews & Cutler, 2020</small> â Cuba
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