Pelegrina chaimona
Containing group: Pelegrina
Introduction
Male closely resembles P. montana but erect portion of embolus is more or less parallel-sided. The embolus is shorter and stouter than that of insignis, and has a distinct retrolateral ramus. The embolus bears some resemblance to that of dithalea, but the rami are closer together. The female of chaimona is poorly known.
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4- Male face
- Palpus
- Female abdomen
- Epigynum
Natural History
Collected from Chrysothamnus (1M) and sweeping herbs (1M) at elevations from 1650 to 3200 m. Males collected in May (1M), June (6M), July (3M); females collected in July (3F). Jung and Roth (1974) collected this species in their zone 2 in the Chiricahua Mountains (1460-1700 m elevation).About This Page
Included on this page are images and text from Maddison, W.P. 1996. Pelegrina Franganillo and other jumping spiders formerly placed in the genus Metaphidippus (Araneae: Salticidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. l54(4): 215-368. These images and text are copyright © 1996 The President and Fellows of Harvard CollegePage copyright © 1995 Wayne Maddison
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Tree of Life Web Project. 1995. Pelegrina chaimona . Version 01 January 1995 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Pelegrina_chaimona/5026/1995.01.01 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
