Pellenes brevis
Pellenes brevis is a jumping spider species in the genus Pellenes.[1]
| Pellenes brevis | |
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| Female Pellenes brevis seen in France in 2008 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Pellenes |
| Species: | P. brevis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pellenes brevis Simon, 1868 | |
Taxonomy
Originally named Attus brevis, the species was first identified by Eugène Simon in 1868. It was moved by Simon to the genus Pellenes in 1878.[1]
Description
The spider is generally dark brown, with the female larger at between 4.6 and 5.3 millimetres (0.18 and 0.21 in) long, compared to the male that is between 3.65 and 3.8 millimetres (0.144 and 0.150 in) long.[2]
Distribution
The species has been found in Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Iran, Italy, Macedonia, Portugal, Spain, Turkey and Ukraine.[1] Other examples have been found in Bulgaria and Poland.[3][4]
Habits
The species is known to lay, and guard, its eggs in snail shells.[5]
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References
- World Spider Catalog (2017). "Pellenes brevis Simon, 1868". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- Nentwig, W; Blick, T; Gloor, D; Hänggi, A; Kropf, C. "Pellenes brevis (Simon, 1868)". Spiders of Europe. UNIBE. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- Żabka, M (2006). "Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions. XIX. Genus Pellenes Simon, 1876 in Australia". Annales Zoologici. 56 (3): 567.
- 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): 143. doi:10.1080/002229399300489. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- Kaston, B.J. (1965). "Some Little Known Aspects of Spider Behavior". American Midland Naturalist. 73 (2): 345. doi:10.2307/2423458. JSTOR 2423458.
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