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Psecas (mythology)
''Psecas'' is a genus of Salticidae, 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'' Lodovico di Caporiacco, Caporiacco, 1947 – Guyana *''Psecas barbaricus'' (Peckham & Peckham, 1894) – Trinidad *''Psecas bubo'' (Władysław Taczanowski, Taczanowski, 1871) – Guyana *''Psecas chapoda'' (Peckham & Peckham, 1894) – Brazil *''Psecas chrysogrammus'' (Eugène Simon, Simon, 1901) – Peru, Brazil *''Psecas cyaneus'' (C. L. Koch, 1846) (Type species, type) – Suriname *''Psecas euoplus'' Ralph Vary Chamberlin, Chamberlin & Wilton Ivie, Ivie, 1936 – Panama *''Psecas jaguatirica'' Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão, Mello-Leitão, 1941 – Colombia *''Psecas pulcher'' Badcock, 1932 – Paraguay *''Psecas rubrostriatus'' Günter Schmidt (arachnologist), Schmidt, 1956 – Colombia *''Psecas sumptuosus'' (Maximilian Perty, Perty, 1833) – Panama to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Ludwig Koch
Carl Ludwig Koch (21 September 1778 – 23 August 1857) was a German entomologist and arachnologist. He was responsible for classifying a great number of spiders, including the Brazilian whiteknee tarantula and common house spider. He was born in Kusel in the Holy Roman Empire, and died in Nuremberg, Germany. Carl Ludwig Koch was an inspector of water and forests. His principal work ''Die Arachniden'' (1831–1848) (16 volumes) was commenced by Carl Wilhelm Hahn (1786–1836). Koch was responsible for the last 12 volumes. He also finished the chapter on spiders in ''Faunae insectorum germanicae initia oder Deutschlands Insecten'' [Elements of the insect fauna of Germany] a work by Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer (1755–1829). He also co-authored, with Georg Karl Berendt, an important monograph ''Die im Bernstein befindlichen Myriapoden, Arachniden und Apteren der Vorwelt'' (1854) on arachnids, myriapods, and wingless insects in amber based on material in Berendt's collection, now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |