Arachnids of North Carolina
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Peckhamia unidentified species - an antmimic jumping spider

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Taxonomy
Order: ARANEAEInfraorder: ARANEOMORPHAEFamily: SALTICIDAE                                                                                 
Identification
Online Description/Photos: BugGuide Google, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, GBIF
Comments: Regarding the three species of Peckhamia P. picata – (uplands, brown to dark brown, not black) constricted abdomen, a conspicuous constriction right behind their rear eyes (the posterior laterals). They also have a pair of white dots between the rear eyes and another pair on the sides of the abdominal constriction. P. americana – (lowlands, males all black or all red, female red and black) addition (constricted abdomen, but no conspicuous constriction behind rear eyes) P. scorpionia – (xeric, all black but GB says light) first tibiae enlarged. Eyes form a line as wide as the carapace.
Distribution in North Carolina
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Peckhamia unidentified species
Adult phenology:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

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