The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/20184

Peucetia longipalpis F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902

FAMILY: OXYOPIDAE Thorell, 1870
    Genus: Peucetia Thorell, 1869

        Species: Peucetia longipalpis F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902

Common Names

Family Common Name:  lynx spiders
Genus Common Name:  none
Species Common Name:  none

Distribution

Global Distribution: USA to Venezuela

Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)

Feeding Guild:  stalkers
Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280.
Recorded Habitats:  (not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History:  (not yet recorded or unknown)

Image(s) of Habitus:


Credit: Hollenbeck, Jeff

Details About Males

Description:  (not yet recorded or unknown)

Image of External Male Genitalia:  (image not yet available)

Details About Females

Description:  (not yet recorded or unknown)

Image of Epigynum:  (image not yet available)

Synonyms and Chresonyms

Peucetia longipalpis F. O. P.-Cambridge 1902
Peucetia longipalpis Brady 1964
Peucetia longipalpis Weems & Whitcomb 1977
Peucetia cauca Lourenço 1990
Peucetia longipalpis Lourenço 1990
Peucetia longipalpis Santos & Brescovit 2003

Taxonomic References

Brady, A. R. 1964. The lynx spiders of North America, north of Mexico (Araneae: Oxyopidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 131: 429-518.

Cambridge, F. O. P.-. 1902. Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London, 2: 313-424.

Lourenço, W. R. 1990. A new species of Peucetia from Colombia (Araneae, Oxyopidae). Caldasia 16: 193-195.

Santos, A. J. & A. D. Brescovit. 2003. A revision of the Neotropical species of the lynx spider genus Peucetia Thorell 1869 (Araneae: Oxyopidae). Insect Syst. Evol. 34 95-116.

Weems, H. V., Jr. & W. H. Whitcomb. 1977. The green lynx spider, Peucetia viridans (Hentz) (Araneae: Oxyopidae). Fla Dept. Agric. Ent. Circ. 181: 1-4.

Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/OXYOPIDAE.html

Other Nearctic Members of Genus Peucetia Thorell, 1869‡‡

P. viridans (Hentz, 1832) ...............North & Central America, West Indies, Venezuela

‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution