Pelegrina

For the famous pearl, see La Pelegrina pearl.
Pelegrina
Adult male Pelegrina pervaga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Section: Dionycha
Superfamily: Salticoidea
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Dendryphantinae
Genus: Pelegrina
Franganillo, 1930
Type species
Dendryphantes proximus
Peckham & Peckham, 1901
Species

see text

Diversity
38 species

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.[1]

Species

References

  1. Maddison, Wayne (January 1995). "Pelegrina". Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
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