Pellenes peninsularis
Pellenes peninsularis is a jumping spider species in the genus Pellenes.[1]
| Pellenes peninsularis | |
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| Male Pellenes peninsularis from Minnesota | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Pellenes |
| Species: | P. peninsularis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pellenes peninsularis Emerton, 1925 | |
Description
The spider is small and dark, although some from the west are light brown, rust or tan coloured. The female has light paps and light chevrons on its abdomen, while the male has a line down the centre.[2]
Synonym
Maddison declared that Pellenes wrighti Lowrie & Gertsch, 1955 is a synonym of this species in 2017. A lapsed synonym is Pellenes peninsulanus Roewer, 1954.[3]
Distribution
The species has been found in Canada and the United States of America.[1]
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References
- World Spider Catalog (2017). "Pellenes peninsularis Emerton, 1925". World Spider Catalog. 19.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- Bradley, Richard (2013). Common Spiders of North America. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 196.
- Metzner, Heiko (2018). "Survey of the genus Pellenes". jumping-spiders.com. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
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