Peucetia
Peucetia is a genus of lynx spiders that is found worldwide.
While P. viridana is found only in Asia, the similar named P. viridans occurs only from the southern United States to Venezuela.
The only Peucetia species to occur in the United States, apart from P. viridans is P. longipalpis, which occurs in the southwestern US to Belize.
Species
, this genus includes 47 species:Peucetia akwadaensis Patel, 1978 – India, ChinaPeucetia albescens L. Koch, 1878 – Australia Peucetia ananthakrishnani Murugesan, Mathew, Sudhikumar, Sunish, Biju & Sebastian, 2006 – IndiaPeucetia arabica Simon, 1882 – Greece, North, East Africa, Middle EastPeucetia ashae Gajbe & Gajbe, 1999 – IndiaPeucetia betlaensis Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2007 – IndiaPeucetia biharensis Gajbe, 1999 – IndiaPeucetia casseli Simon, 1900 – West, Central AfricaPeucetia cayapa Santos & Brescovit, 2003 – Ecuador, PeruPeucetia chhaparajnirvin N. Kumari, V. Kumari, Bodhke & Zafri, 2024 – IndiaPeucetia choprai Tikader, 1965 – IndiaPeucetia crucifer Lawrence, 1927 – Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South AfricaPeucetia flava Keyserling, 1877 – Venezuela to ArgentinaPeucetia formosensis Kishida, 1930 – Taiwan, Japan Peucetia gauntleta Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2004 – IndiaPeucetia gerhardi van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1994 – Ivory Coast, Sudan, Ethiopia, DR Congo, UgandaPeucetia graminea Pocock, 1900 – IndiaPeucetia harishankarensis Biswas, 1975 – IndiaPeucetia jabalpurensis Gajbe & Gajbe, 1999 – IndiaPeucetia ketani Gajbe, 1992 – IndiaPeucetia latikae Tikader, 1970 – India, China, TaiwanPeucetia lesserti van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1994 – Niger, KenyaPeucetia longipalpis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 – USA to VenezuelaPeucetia lucasi – Botswana, South Africa, Comoros, Mayotte, MadagascarPeucetia macroglossa Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Colombia, Brazil, GuyanaPeucetia maculifera Pocock, 1900 – South Africa, LesothoPeucetia madagascariensis – Comoros, Mayotte, MadagascarPeucetia madalenae van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1994 – Mozambique, South AfricaPeucetia margaritata Hogg, 1914 – Australia Peucetia myanmarensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – MyanmarPeucetia nicolae van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1994 – South AfricaPeucetia pawani Gajbe, 1999 – IndiaPeucetia phantasma Ahmed, Satam, Khalap & Mohan, 2015 – IndiaPeucetia procera Thorell, 1887 – MyanmarPeucetia pulchra – Central, Eastern, Southern Africa, SeychellesPeucetia punjabensis Gajbe, 1999 – IndiaPeucetia rajani Gajbe, 1999 – IndiaPeucetia ranganathani Biswas & Roy, 2005 – IndiaPeucetia rubrolineata Keyserling, 1877 – Panama to ArgentinaPeucetia striata Karsch, 1878 – Yemen to South Africa, Comoros. Introduced to St. HelenaPeucetia transvaalica Simon, 1897 – Central, Southern AfricaPeucetia virescens – Turkey, Middle EastPeucetia viridana – Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, MyanmarPeucetia viridans – North & Central America, Caribbean, VenezuelaPeucetia viridis – Spain, Greece, Canary Islands, Africa, Middle East. Introduced to Caribbean Is. Peucetia viveki Gajbe, 1999 – IndiaPeucetia yogeshi Gajbe, 1999 – India