Pelegrina verecunda
Introduction
A small indistinctly-marked species with dark males and pale females from the southwest. May be confused with the sympatric orestes but smaller, more gray than orange, lacking the lateral cheliceral ridge and having the short embolus broadening gradually into base prolaterally.
Figures
- Male face
- Palpus
- Female abdomen
- Epigynum
- Male (AZ)
- Female (AZ)
Natural History
Specimens collected at elevations from 1100 to 1800 m (12 records). In Arizona, beaten from Quercus, Cercocarpus, Alnus, Salix, Chrysothamnus, pine, and spruce (6 records). Jung and Roth (1974) found this species in their zone 2 of the Chiricahua Mts.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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