Psecas Explained

Psecas is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1850.^[1]

Species

it contains fourteen species, found only in South America, Panama, and on Trinidad:^[2]

• 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

Notes and References

1. Book: Koch, C. L.. 1850. Übersicht des Arachnidensystems. J. L. Lotzbeck, Nürnberg. 10.5962/bhl.title.39561. 1–77. Carl Ludwig Koch.
2. Gen. Psecas C. L. Koch, 1850. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-09-11. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.