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]
| Peckhamia picata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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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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.
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