Peucetia elegans

Peucetia elegans is a species of lynx spiders that is found in East India.[2]

Peucetia elegans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Oxyopidae
Genus: Peucetia
Species:
P. elegans
Binomial name
Peucetia elegans
(Blackwall, 1864)[1]
Synonyms

Pasithea elegans Blackwall, 1864

Description

This lynx spider has been described as having three rows of uneven sized eyes which are encircled with yellow hairs. The abdomen is somewhat long, heart-shaped, and tapering toward the spinneret. The entire body is covered with dense brightly colored hairs. Defined by a large black band which extends along the center of abdomen.[2]

References

  1. Blackwall, J. (1864b). Descriptions of seven new species of East Indian spiders received from the Rev. O. P. Cambridge. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3) 14, pages 36-45
  2. Blackwall, John (1864). "IV.—Descriptions of seven new species of East-Indian spiders received from the Rev. O. P. Cambridge". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 14 (79): 36–45. doi:10.1080/00222936408681653.

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