Pellenes


Pellenes is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1876.[3] It is considered a senior synonym of Hyllothyene.[2]

Pellenes
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Male Pellenes peninsularis
Scientific classification e
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Simon, 1876[1]
Type species
P. tripunctatus
(Walckenaer, 1802)
Species

83, see text

Synonyms[1]

They are dark to black with white stripes on the back, and often have bright red markings. Most species have a special propensity for snail shells. Pellenes seriatus and P. lapponicus males look very similar to Hasarius adansoni when viewed from the front.

SpeciesEdit

As of August 2019 it contains eighty-three species and one subspecies, found in North America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, and on Saint Helena:[1]

ReferencesEdit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gen. Pellenes Simon, 1876". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Prószyński, J. (1987). Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae 2. p. 44.
  3. Simon, E. (1876). Les arachnides de France. Tome troisième. Roret, Paris. p. 364.

External linksEdit

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