Pelegrina dithalea
Introduction
Similar in markings to galathea from which it differs by the embolus that lacks the hooklike retrolateral ramus and that widens toward the tip. Embolus resembles that of chaimona but the rami are further apart .
Figures
- Male face
- Palpus
- Female abdomen
- Epigynum
- Male (Sycamore, AZ)
- Female (Sycamore, AZ)
Natural History
In oak woodland at all Arizona localities. At Sycamore Canyon beating vegetation, especially shaded, deep in canyon where stream still flowing in June. At Kitt Peak beating oaks and other shrubs and trees.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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