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Peckhamia (spider)

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Peckhamia is a genus of 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 it contains nine species, found in North America, Central America, Suriname, Argentina, Brazil, and on Hispaniola:^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ 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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Peckhamia is a genus of 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.