Pelegrina furcata
Introduction
A species common in the Mexican highlands, with a striking courtship display and distinctive embolus having two blunt rami. The epigynum, with convex flaps, concave surface, wide second curve of the ducts, is distinctive.
Figures
- Male face
- Palpus
- Female abdomen
- Epigynum
- Female abdomen
- Epigynum
- Female abdomen
- Epigynum
- Male (Madera Cyn., AZ)
- Female (Portal, AZ)
Natural History
Collected from oak (7 records), grasses, herbs and shrubs in clearings (5 records), pine (3 records), juniper (1 record), Ceanothus (1 record), Cercocarpus (1 record), in oak-pine and cloud forest zones. Collected at elevations of 1000-1400 m (8 records), 1500-2000 m (7 records), and 2100-3000 m (7 records).Distribution
Throughout the highlands of México, extending north to Colorado and south to Guatemala.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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