Pellenes is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1876.[3] It is considered a senior synonym of Hyllothyene.[2]

Pellenes
Male Pellenes peninsularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Pellenes
Simon, 1876[1]
Type species
P. tripunctatus
(Walckenaer, 1802)
Species

83, see text

Synonyms[1]

They are dark to black with white stripes on the back, and often have bright red markings. Most species have a special propensity for snail shells. Pellenes seriatus and P. lapponicus males look very similar to Hasarius adansoni when viewed from the front.

Species edit

As of August 2019 it contains eighty-three species and one subspecies, found in North America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, and on Saint Helena:[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Pellenes Simon, 1876". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
  2. ^ a b Prószyński, J. (1987). Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae 2. p. 44.
  3. ^ Simon, E. (1876). Les arachnides de France. Tome troisième. Roret, Paris. p. 364.

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