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Genus Peucetia

Representative Images

g lynx - Peucetia viridans - male - female green lynx - Peucetia viridans Green Lynx Spider? - Peucetia viridans Green spider - Peucetia - male tiny Lynx spider? 2 - Peucetia viridans Peucetia viridans Green Lynx - Peucetia viridans - female Lynx Spider - Peucetia viridans - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Oxyopidae (Lynx Spiders)
Genus Peucetia

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.
Peucetia Thorell, 1869

Explanation of Names

Peucetia is from a mythological proper name, Peucetios, one of the 50 sons of Lycaon (1).

Numbers

There are two North American species: P. longipalpis and P. viridans.

Identification

Distinguishing between P. longipalpis and P. viridans is difficult. Specimens east of Texas should be P. viridans but the two species overlap in their distribution from Texas to California.

See Also

Guide page for Peucetia viridans

Works Cited

1.Spiders of North America: An Identification Manual
D. Ubick, P. Paquin, P.E. Cushing and V. Roth (eds). 2005. American Arachnological Society.
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 1:20pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Jeff Hollenbeck, cheins, Chuck Entz
Last updated 2 May, 2022 - 5:14pm

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