Pensacola (spider)
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Genus: | Pensacola Peckham & Peckham, 1885
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Pensacola signata Peckham & Peckham, 1885
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9 species |
Pensacola is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
Name
The genus name is probably derived from Pensacola, Florida.
Species
As of July 2017, the World Spider Catalog lists the following species in the genus:[1]
- Pensacola castanea Simon, 1902 – Brazil
- Pensacola cyaneochirus Simon, 1902 – Ecuador
- Pensacola gaujoni Simon, 1902 – Ecuador
- Pensacola murina Simon, 1902 – Brazil, Guyana
- Pensacola ornata Simon, 1902 – Brazil
- Pensacola poecilocilia Caporiacco, 1955 – Venezuela
- Pensacola radians (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) – Panama
- Pensacola signata Peckham & Peckham, 1885 – Guatemala
- Pensacola sylvestris (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) – Mexico, Guatemala
References
- ^ World Spider Catalog (2017). "Gen. Pensacola Peckham & Peckham, 1885". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 7 July 2017.