Pellenes geniculatus
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In Octon, Hérault, France in 2017 | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: | Pellenes |
Species: | P. geniculatus
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Binomial name | |
Pellenes geniculatus (Simon, 1868)
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Pellenes geniculatus is a jumping spider species in the genus Pellenes.
Taxonomy[]
Originally allocated to the genus Attus, the species was first identified by Eugène Simon in 1868 but was given its current name in 1876.[1]
Description[]
Pellenes geniculatus is a small spider. The female is larger at between 4.2 and 5 mm (0.17 and 0.20 in) long, compared to the male that is between 3.35 and 3.7 mm (0.132 and 0.146 in) long.[2] The spider has a carapace 1.75 mm (0.069 in) long. The male has an abdomen of a similar length that is brown with either a longitudinal white stripe or cross-link colour markings while the female has a larger abdomen, 2.5 mm (0.098 in) long, which is brownish yellow.[3] There is some variation between specimens, particularly between those in Southern Africa and those found in Europe and Asia.[4]
Distribution[]
The species has been found in an area that stretches across Southern Europe, Africa and Central Asia.[1] The furthest east that it has been identified is Mongolia and the furthest south is southern Africa.[5]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Pellenes geniculatus (Simon, 1868)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum, Bern. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- ^ Nentwig, W; Blick, T; Gloor, D; Hänggi, A; Kropf, C (2018). "Pellenes geniculatus (Simon, 1868)". Spiders of Europe. UNIBE. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ Logunov, D.V. (1999). "A review of the genus Pellenes in the fauna of Central Asia and the Caucasus (Araneae, Salticidae)" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 33 (1): 128–129. doi:10.1080/002229399300489. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ Wesołowska, W.; Haddad, C. R. (2014). "An overview of the jumping spiders of Lesotho (Araneae: Salticidae), with descriptions of six new species". African Invertebrates. 55 (2): 255–257. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ Fomichev, A.A. (2016). "New data on spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) from south-western Mongolia". Ukrainian Journal of Ecology. 6 (2): 104. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- Spiders of Europe
- Salticidae
- Spiders of Africa
- Spiders of Asia
- Taxa named by Eugène Simon
- Spiders described in 1868