''Balmaceda'' is a
genus
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of
jumping spiders
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that was first described by
George Peckham
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&
Elizabeth Peckham in 1894.
Distribution
All species of ''Balmaceda'' are found in
Central America
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or
South America
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. At least one species, ''Balmaceda minor'', also ranges northwards into
Mexico
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.
Species
it contains eleven species:
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Balmaceda abba''
Edwards & Baert, 2018 – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
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Balmaceda anulipes''
Soares, 1942 – Brazil
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Balmaceda biteniata''
Mello-Leitão, 1922 – Brazil
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Balmaceda chickeringi''
Roewer, 1951 – Panama
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Balmaceda distans''
(Banks
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, 1924) – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
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Balmaceda minor''
( F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico to El Salvador
*''
Balmaceda nigrosecta''
Mello-Leitão, 1945 – Colombia, Argentina
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Balmaceda picta''
Peckham & Peckham, 1894 (
type
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* ...
) – Guatemala to Colombia
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Balmaceda reducta''
Chickering, 1946 – Panama
*''
Balmaceda turneri''
Chickering, 1946 – Panama
*''
Balmaceda vera''
Mello-Leitão, 1917 – Brazil
References
External links
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Photographs of ''Balmaceda'' species from Brazil
Salticidae genera
Salticidae
Spiders of Central America
Spiders of South America
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