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Commonly known as the Green Lynx Spiders, Peucetia is a genus of medium sized Lynx Spiders that are found world-wide. Atlas of Australia current observations are in scattered locations across mainland Australia, including Alice Springs and Central Australia (south of Alice Springs). There are considerably more observations on iNaturalistAU for Australia.

Green Lynx Spiders (Genus Peucetia), Alice Springs NT
Green Lynx Spiders (Genus Peucetia), Alice Springs NT
Green Lynx Spiders (Genus Peucetia), Alice Springs NT
Green Lynx Spiders (Genus Peucetia), Alice Springs NT
Green Lynx Spiders (Genus Peucetia), Alice Springs NT
Green Lynx Spiders (Genus Peucetia), Alice Springs NT
Green Lynx Spiders (Genus Peucetia), Alice Springs NT
Green Lynx Spiders (Genus Peucetia), Alice Springs NT
Green Lynx Spiders (Genus Peucetia), Alice Springs NT
Green Lynx Spiders (Genus Peucetia), Alice Springs NT
Green Lynx Spiders (Genus Peucetia), Alice Springs NT
Green Lynx Spiders (Genus Peucetia), Alice Springs NT
Green Lynx Spiders (Genus Peucetia), Alice Springs NT
Green Lynx Spiders (Genus Peucetia), Alice Springs NT
Green Lynx Spiders (Genus Peucetia), Alice Springs NT
Green Lynx Spiders (Genus Peucetia), Alice Springs NT
Green Lynx Spiders (Genus Peucetia), Alice Springs NT
  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Chelicerata
  • Class: Arachnida
  • Order: Araneae
  • Infraorder: Araneomorphae
  • Family: Oxyopidae
  • Genus: Peucetia
  • Species:
    • Peucetia albescens
    • Peucetia margaritata
Green Lynx Spiders (Genus Peucetia), Alice Springs NT
Green Lynx Spiders (Genus Peucetia), Alice Springs NT

Footnote & References

  1. Many thanks to Tissa Ratnayeke for ID, member of NT Field Naturalists’ Club Inc, https://www.facebook.com/groups/ntfieldnaturalistsclub/
  2. Peucetia Thorell, 1869, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Peucetia
  3. Green Lynx Spiders Genus Peucetia, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/84120-Peucetia
  4. Lynx Spiders, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?taxon_id=83843

Lynx Spider (Oxyopidae)Peucetia

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