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 (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
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External links Painting of P. prescotti Pictures of P. americana