Pelegrina
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Pelegrina is a spider
genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). They are found throughout North America. Most of the species in Pelegrina were previously placed in the genus Metaphidippus
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Spider
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...
genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). They are found throughout North America. Most of the species in Pelegrina were previously placed in the genus Metaphidippus
Metaphidippus
Metaphidippus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family .-Name:The genus name is combined from Ancient Greek μετά "after, beside" and the salticid genus Phidippus.-Species:...
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Species
- Pelegrina aeneola (Curtis, 1892) — North AmericaNorth AmericaNorth America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
- Pelegrina arizonensis (Peckham & PeckhamGeorge and Elizabeth PeckhamGeorge Williams Peckham and Elizabeth Maria Gifford Peckham were early American teachers, taxonomists, ethologists, arachnologists, and entomologists, specializing in animal behavior and in the study of jumping spiders and wasps.-Lives and careers:George Peckham was born in Albany,...
, 1901) — North America - Pelegrina balia Maddison, 1996 — USA
- Pelegrina bicuspidata (F. O. P-CambridgeFrederick Octavius Pickard-CambridgeFrederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge was an English arachnologist. He is often confused with his uncle, Octavius Pickard-Cambridge , who was also an arachnologist and from whom F. O. Pickard-Cambridge picked up his enthusiasm for the study of spiders.-Life:F. O. Pickard-Cambridge was born in...
, 1901) — MexicoMexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, GuatemalaGuatemalaGuatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast... - Pelegrina bunites Maddison, 1996 — USA, Mexico
- Pelegrina chaimona Maddison, 1996 — USA, Mexico
- Pelegrina chalceola Maddison, 1996 — USA
- Pelegrina clavator Maddison, 1996 — Mexico
- Pelegrina clemata (Levi, 1951) — USA, CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
- Pelegrina dithalea Maddison, 1996 — USA
- Pelegrina edrilana Maddison, 1996 — Mexico
- Pelegrina exigua (BanksNathan BanksNathan Banks was an American entomologist noted for his work on neuroptera, megaloptera, hymenoptera, and acarina . He started work on mites in 1880 with the USDA...
, 1892) — USA - Pelegrina flaviceps (Kaston, 1973) — USA, Canada
- Pelegrina flavipes (Peckham & Peckham, 1888) — USA, Canada
- Pelegrina furcata (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) — USA, Mexico
- Pelegrina galatheaPelegrina galatheaPelegrina galathea, commonly known as the Peppered Jumper, is a species of jumping spider. It is endemic to North America, occurring from Canada to Costa Rica. It is normally found in sunlit, grassy areas.-External links:* at Bugguide.net...
(WalckenaerCharles Athanase WalckenaerBaron Charles Athanase Walckenaer was a French civil servant and scientist.-Biography:Walckenaer was born in Paris and studied at the universities of Oxford and Glasgow. In 1793 he was appointed head of the military transports in the Pyrenees, after which he pursued technical studies at the École...
, 1837) — Canada to Costa RicaCosta RicaCosta Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
, BermudaBermudaBermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida... - Pelegrina helenae (Banks, 1921) — USA
- Pelegrina huachuca Maddison, 1996 — USA
- Pelegrina insignis (Banks, 1892) — USA, Canada
- Pelegrina kastoni Maddison, 1996 — USA, Mexico
- Pelegrina montana (EmertonJames Henry EmertonJames Henry Emerton was an American arachnologist.-Early life:Emerton was born at Salem, Massachusetts, on March 31, 1847. He was rather frail, and a young helper in his father's drug store, George F. Markoe, interested the boy in outdoor life...
, 1891) — USA, Canada - Pelegrina morelos Maddison, 1996 — Mexico
- Pelegrina neoleonis Maddison, 1996 — Mexico
- Pelegrina ochracea (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) — Mexico, GuatemalaGuatemalaGuatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
- Pelegrina orestes Maddison, 1996 — USA, Mexico
- Pelegrina pallidata (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) — Mexico to NicaraguaNicaraguaNicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...
- Pelegrina peckhamorum (Kaston, 1973) — USA
- Pelegrina pervaga (Peckham & Peckham, 1909) — USA
- Pelegrina proterva (Walckenaer, 1837) — USA, Canada
- Pelegrina proxima (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) — Bahama Islands, CubaCubaThe Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
, HispaniolaHispaniolaHispaniola is a major island in the Caribbean, containing the two sovereign states of the Dominican Republic and Haiti. The island is located between the islands of Cuba to the west and Puerto Rico to the east, within the hurricane belt...
, JamaicaJamaicaJamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic... - Pelegrina sabinema Maddison, 1996 — USA
- Pelegrina sandaracina Maddison, 1996 — Mexico to Nicaragua
- Pelegrina tillandsiae (Kaston, 1973) — USA
- Pelegrina tristis Maddison, 1996 — USA
- Pelegrina variegata (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) — Mexico to Panama
- Pelegrina verecunda (ChamberlinRalph Vary ChamberlinRalph Vary Chamberlin was an American zoologist from Salt Lake City, Utah. He received his PhD from Cornell University in 1904. He was a professor of zoology at Brigham Young University from 1908-1911, and at the University of Utah from 1925-1938....
& GertschWillis J. GertschWillis John Gertsch was an American arachnologist. He classified a number of species, including the Brown recluse spider and the Tooth cave spider....
, 1930) — USA, Mexico - Pelegrina volcana Maddison, 1996 — Panama
- Pelegrina yucatecana Maddison, 1996 — Mexico
External links
- Paintings of Pelegrina species
- Pictures of P. arizonensis
- Pictures of P. flavipedes
- Picture of P. galathea (free for noncommercial use)