Pelegrina

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Pelegrina
Pelegrina pervaga.jpg
Adult male Pelegrina pervaga
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Pelegrina
Franganillo, 1930[1]
Type species

Species

See text.

Diversity
38 species

Pelegrina is a spider genus of the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). They are found throughout North America. Many of the species in Pelegrina were previously placed in the genera Metaphidippus, and before that, Dendryphantes.[1] The genus was originally described in 1930 by the Spanish arachnologist , who named it after himself.[2]

Species[]

As of March 2017, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Gen. Pelegrina Franganillo, 1930", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-03-05
  2. ^ Ubick, D.; Paquin, P.; Cushing, P.E.; Roth, V., eds. (2005). Spiders of North America: An Identification Manual. American Arachnological Society. p. 313. ISBN 978-0977143900.

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