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. The genus was originally described in 1930 by the Spanish arachnologist Pelegrín Franganillo Balboa, who named it after himself.
Species
, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:
Pelegrina aeneola (Curtis, 1892) – North America
Pelegrina arizonensis (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) – North America
Pelegrina balia Maddison, 1996 – United States
Pelegrina bicuspidata (F. O. P-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico, Guatemala
Pelegrina bunites Maddison, 1996 – United States, Mexico
Pelegrina chaimona Maddison, 1996 – United States, Mexico
Pelegrina chalceola Maddison, 1996 – United States
Pelegrina clavator Maddison, 1996 – Mexico
Pelegrina clemata (Levi, 1951) – United States, Canada
Pelegrina dithalea Maddison, 1996 – United States
Pelegrina edrilana Maddison, 1996 – Mexico
Pelegrina exigua (Banks, 1892) – United States
Pelegrina flaviceps (Kaston, 1973) – United States, Canada
Pelegrina flavipes (Peckham & Peckham, 1888) – United States, Canada
Pelegrina furcata (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) – United States, Mexico
Pelegrina galathea (Walckenaer, 1837) – Canada to Costa Rica, Bermuda
Pelegrina helenae (Banks, 1921) – United States
Pelegrina huachuca Maddison, 1996 – United States
Pelegrina insignis (Banks, 1892) – United States, Canada
Pelegrina kastoni Maddison, 1996 – United States, Mexico
Pelegrina montana (Emerton, 1891) – United States, Canada
Pelegrina morelos Maddison, 1996 – Mexico
Pelegrina neoleonis Maddison, 1996 – Mexico
Pelegrina ochracea (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico, Guatemala
Pelegrina orestes Maddison, 1996 – United States, Mexico
Pelegrina pallidata (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico to Nicaragua
Pelegrina peckhamorum (Kaston, 1973) – United States
Pelegrina pervaga (Peckham & Peckham, 1909) – United States
Pelegrina proterva (Walckenaer, 1837) – United States, Canada
Pelegrina proxima (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) – Bahama Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica Pelegrina sabinema Maddison, 1996 – United States Pelegrina sandaracina Maddison, 1996 – Mexico to Nicaragua Pelegrina tillandsiae (Kaston, 1973) – United States Pelegrina tristis Maddison, 1996 – United States Pelegrina variegata (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico to Panama Pelegrina verecunda (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1930) – United States, Mexico Pelegrina volcana Maddison, 1996 – Panama Pelegrina yucatecana Maddison, 1996 – Mexico
References
External links
Pictures of P. arizonensis
Pictures of P. flavipedes
Picture of P. galathea (free for noncommercial use)