Peckhamia (spider)
Genus of spiders
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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]
| Peckhamia | |
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| Female Peckhamia sp. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
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9, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Species
As of October 2025[update] it contains sixteen species, found in North America, Central America, Suriname, Argentina, Brazil, and the Greater Antilles:[1]
- Peckhamia americana (Peckham & Peckham, 1892) – USA, Mexico, Hispaniola
- Peckhamia areito Cala-Riquelme, Bustamante, Crews & Cutler, 2020 – Dominican Republic
- Peckhamia argentinensis Galiano, 1986 – Argentina
- Peckhamia espositoae Cala-Riquelme, Bustamante, Crews & Cutler, 2020 – Jamaica
- Peckhamia formosa (Bryant, 1943) – Haiti
- Peckhamia magna (Bryant, 1943) – Dominican Republic
- Peckhamia montana (Bryant, 1943) – Dominican Republic
- Peckhamia picata (Hentz, 1846) – North America
- Peckhamia prescotti Chickering, 1946 – Mexico, El Salvador, Panama
- Peckhamia scorpionia (Hentz, 1846) (type) – USA, Canada
- Peckhamia semicana (Simon, 1900) – Brazil, Argentina
- Peckhamia seminola Gertsch, 1936 – USA (Florida)
- Peckhamia soesilae Makhan, 2006 – Suriname
- Peckhamia surcaribensis Cala-Riquelme, Bustamante, Crews & Cutler, 2020 – Cuba
- Peckhamia variegata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900) – Panama
- Peckhamia wesolowskae Cala-Riquelme, Bustamante, Crews & Cutler, 2020 – Cuba
