Nearctic States & Provinces: CA LA MS NC OK OR SC TX
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/20215
Peucetia viridans (Hentz, 1832)
green lynx spider
FAMILY: OXYOPIDAE Thorell, 1870
Genus: Peucetia Thorell, 1869
Species: Peucetia viridans (Hentz, 1832)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
lynx spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
green lynx spider
Distribution
Global Distribution: North & Central America, West Indies, Venezuela
Nearctic States & Provinces:
CA LA MS NC OK OR SC TX
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
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)
Seasonality of Specimen Records:
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 viridans Hentz 1832 |
| Sphasus viridans Hentz 1832 |
| Clastes abbot Walckenaer 1837 |
| Clastes roseus Walckenaer 1842 |
| Clastes viridis Walckenaer 1842 |
| Oxyopes viridans Hentz 1845 |
| Sphasus poeyi Lucas 1857 |
| Peucetia thalassina Keyserling 1877 |
| Peucetia aurora McCook 1883 |
| Peucetia bibranchiata F. O. P.-Cambridge 1902 |
| Peucetia viridans Emerton 1902 |
| Peucetia rubricapilla Petrunkevitch 1925 |
| Peucetia viridans Petrunkevitch 1929 |
| Peucetia poeyi Franganillo 1931 |
| Peucetia abboti Chamberlin & Ivie 1944 |
| Peucetia bibranchiata Kraus 1955 |
| Peucetia bibranchiata Brady 1964 |
| Peucetia viridans Brady 1964 |
| Peucetia viridans Exline & Whitcomb 1965 |
| Peucetia viridans Weems & Whitcomb 1977 |
| Peucetia viridans Yoshikura 1987 |
| Peucetia viridans Breene et al. 1993 |
| Peucetia viridans 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.
Breene, R. G., D. A. Dean, M. Nyffeler & G. B. Edwards. 1993. Biology, Predation Ecology, and Significance of Spiders in Texas Cotton Ecosystems with a Key to Species. Texas Agriculture Experiment Station, College Station, 115 pp.
Cambridge, F. O. P.-. 1902. Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London, 2: 313-424.
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1944. Spiders of the Georgia region of North America. Bull. Univ. Utah 35(9): 1-267.
Emerton, J. H. 1902. The common spiders of the United States. Boston, pp. 1-225.
Exline, H. & W. H. Whitcomb. 1965. Clarification of the mating procedure of Peucetia viridans (Araneida: Oxyopidae) by a microscopic examination of the epigynal plug. Fla. Ent. 48: 169-171.
Franganillo B., P. 1931. Excursiones arachnológicas, durante el mes de agosto de 1930. Estudios de "Belen" 1931(25): 168-171; (26): 219-224; (27-28): 285-288; (29): 44-49.
Hentz, N. M. 1845. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 5: 189-202.
Hentz, N. M. 1832. On North American spiders. Sillimans J. Sci. Arts 21: 99-122.
Keyserling, E. 1877. Ueber amerikanische Spinnenarten der Unterordnung Citigradae. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 26: 609-708.
Kraus, O. 1955. Spinnen aus El Salvador (Arachnoidea, Araneae). Abh. senckenb. naturforsch. Ges. 493: 1-112.
Lucas, H. 1857. Arachnides. In de la Sagra, R. (ed.), Historia física, política y natural de la Isla de Cuba. Paris, Secunda parte, tomo VII, pp. 69-84.
McCook, H., C. 1883. Note on two new Californian spiders and their nests. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 1883: 276-278.
Petrunkevitch, A. 1929. The spiders of Porto Rico. Part one. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 30: 1-158.
Petrunkevitch, A. 1925. Arachnida from Panama. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 27: 51-248.
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.
Walckenaer, C. A. 1842. Histoire naturelle des Insects. Aptères. Paris, 2: 1-549.
Walckenaer, C. A. 1837. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères. Paris, 1: 1-682.
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.
Yoshikura, M. 1987. The biology of spiders. Japan Scientific Societies Press, Tokyo.
†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. longipalpis F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902 ...............USA to Venezuela
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution