Peucetia

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Peucetia
male
female
both P. madagascariensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Oxyopidae
Genus: Peucetia
Thorell, 1869
Diversity
47 species
Malagasy green lynx spider (P. lucasi) and green bottle fly (Lucilia sp.)

Peucetia is a genus of lynx spiders that is found worldwide.

While P. viridana is found only in Asia, the similar named P. viridans (Green Lynx Spider) occurs only from the southern United States to Venezuela.

The only Peucetia species to occur in the United States, apart from P. viridans (which occurs in the south from coast to coast) is P. longipalpis, which occurs in the southwestern US to Belize.

Species

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As of May 2022 it contains the following forty-seven species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Gen. Peucetia Thorell, 1869". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 25 May 2022.

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