Peckhamia picata
Appearance
Peckhamia picata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: | Peckhamia |
Species: | P. picata
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Binomial name | |
Peckhamia picata (Hentz, 1846)
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Peckhamia picata, the antmimic jumper, is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3][4] It specifically mimics the species Camponotus nearcticus, and does not elicit aggressive behavior from said ants.[5]
(Post on Bugguide featuring a Peckhamia Picata specimen)
References
[edit]- ^ "Peckhamia picata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Peckhamia picata". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Peckhamia picata". NMBE World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Peckhamia picata species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ Uma, Divya; Durkee, Caitlin; Herzner, Gudrun; Weiss, Martha (13 November 2013). "Double Deception: Ant-Mimicking Spiders Elude Both Visually- and Chemically-Oriented Predators". PLOS ONE. 8 (11): e79660. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...879660U. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0079660. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3827452. PMID 24236152.
Further reading
[edit]- Maddison, W. P.; Evans, S. C.; Hamilton, C. A.; Bond, J. E.; et al. (2017). "A genome-wide phylogeny of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae), using anchored hybrid enrichment". ZooKeys (695): 89–101. Bibcode:2017ZooK..695...89M. doi:10.3897/zookeys.695.13852. PMC 5673835. PMID 29134008.