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Species Peckhamia picata - Antmimic Jumper


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The Peckham Society Web Page
"The Peckham Society was founded in 1977, as an international alliance of amateur and professional naturalists or scientists with an interest in research related to the biology of salticid (jumping) spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae). This society was named in honor of George and Elizabeth Peckham, early pioneers in the study of these remarkable animals.

The major publication of The Peckham Society is called PECKHAMIA, also in honor of George and Elizabeth Peckham".

This excellent web site has digital copies of Peckhamia and other pdf papers on salticids, as well as wonderful im
Contributed by Ken Schneider on 2 October, 2008 - 4:00pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynes » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae)
Jumping Spiders of America North of Mexico
An excellent resource on Salticidae that continues to be updated by Wayne Maddison. Be sure to check out the photo album of genera.
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 26 October, 2004 - 6:55pm

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Annotated list of Kansas Jumping Spiders
"Currently, the Kansas jumping spider fauna consists of 70 species belonging to 31 genera. This list includes only those species and localities represented by a preserved specimen examined by one of the authors or found in the most recent taxonomic revision."
Contributed by Jay Barnes on 13 September, 2009 - 11:00pm

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Spiders of Texas
"Gertsch & Mulaik started a list of Texas spiders in 1940. In a letter from Gertsch dated October 20, 1982, he stated “Years ago a first listing of the Texas fauna was published by me based largely on Stanley Mulaik material, but it had to be abandoned because of other tasks.” Vogel (1970b) published the Bibliography of Texas Spiders and recorded 560 species. This catalog is an update of Vogel’s list."

"This list contains 1000 species in 52 families. Many more species remain to be discovered."
Contributed by Jay Barnes on 13 September, 2009 - 10:57pm

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Spiders of Arkansas
"An updated checklist of the spiders of Arkansas, by Peggy Rae Dorris, Ph.D.
Henderson State University."

"This updated checklist of spiders is based on published and unpublished records available to the author. At present, 35 families, 204 genera, and 546 species of spiders have been identified in Arkansas."
Contributed by Jay Barnes on 13 September, 2009 - 10:55pm

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Nearctic Spider Database
The Nearctic Spider Database aims to consolidate images, distribution maps, and species descriptions for all species of spider found in North America.
Contributed by David Shorthouse on 12 February, 2006 - 6:34pm

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DMNS-Colorado Spider Survey
Lots of interesting information about collecting and preserving spider specimens in their newsletter, which is available on their website.
Contributed by Jeffrey Heupel on 12 December, 2005 - 11:14am

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Spiders of California
This is an authoritative checklist that aims (pretty much successfully) to list every species of spider ever recorded from California, along with synonyms, range (given in terms of counties) and citations of references in the taxonomic literature. It won't tell you how to identify any spiders, nor will it tell you anything beyond classification and range of species- but it will tell you the names and synonyms of species in a given county so you can look them up elsewhere.
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 27 November, 2005 - 5:42pm


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