Pelegrina arizonensis
Containing group: Pelegrina
Introduction
Like helenae this species has genitalia unusual for the genus, with the erect portion of the embolus arising retrolaterally and the epigynal flaps far rotated. Differs from helenae in having a sharp pointed embolus, short tibial apophysis, and flaps rotated only 180°.
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6- Male face
- Palpus
- Female abdomen
- Epigynum
- Male (MN)
- Female (MN)
Natural History
Collected from sand prairie (Minnesota, 1 record), from Hymenoeloea (New Mexico, 1 record), ponderosa pine (Arizona, 2 records), from grass-mesquite (Arizona, 1 record), and beating junipers (1 record, New Mexico) at elevations of 1700 to 2200 m in Arizona, Zacatecas and Durango. Jennings (1973) describes egg retreats of this species in Tragopogon and Pinus ponderosa. Cutler and Jennings (1985) give additional habitat information, and characterize P. arizonensis as a species of grasslands.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 arizonensis . Version 01 January 1995 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Pelegrina_arizonensis/5028/1995.01.01 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
