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Psecas sp.

Psecas sp.


Family: Salticidae
Order: Araneae
Class: Arachnida
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Psecas is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1850.

Species: it contains fourteen species, found only in South America, Panama, and on Trinidad:
  • Psecas bacelarae Caporiacco, 1947 – Guyana
  • Psecas barbaricus (Peckham & Peckham, 1894) – Trinidad
  • Psecas bubo (Taczanowski, 1871) – Guyana
  • Psecas chapoda (Peckham & Peckham, 1894) – Brazil
  • Psecas chrysogrammus (Simon, 1901) – Peru, Brazil
  • Psecas cyaneus (C. L. Koch, 1846) (type) – Suriname
  • Psecas euoplus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 – Panama
  • Psecas jaguatirica Mello-Leitão, 1941 – Colombia
  • Psecas pulcher Badcock, 1932 – Paraguay
  • Psecas rubrostriatus Schmidt, 1956 – Colombia
  • Psecas sumptuosus (Perty, 1833) – Panama to Argentina
  • Psecas vellutinus Mello-Leitão, 1948 – Guyana
  • Psecas viridipurpureus (Simon, 1901) – Brazil
  • Psecas zonatus Galiano, 1963 – Brazil

Source: Wikipedia, article Psecas sp.. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 18/07/2026.





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Photography ID: 297338
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Mercedes
Corrientes
Argentina
10/26/2018
Gonzalo Clifton Goldney



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
83516326/10/2018ArgentinaCorrientesIberá Lodge, Paraje Tacuaral. Canal del Aceite, MercedesGonzalo Clifton Goldney
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Psecas sp. – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 16/09/2026.