Pisaurina is a genus of nursery web spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898.[3] It likes to live within vegetated areas such as meadows, bushes or tall grass, preferring warm or tropical areas to settle down and reproduce.[4]

Pisaurina
Pisaurina mira from Mason Neck, Virginia
Pisaurina dubia from Woodbridge, Virginia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pisauridae
Genus: Pisaurina
Simon, 1898[1]
Type species
P. mira
(Walckenaer, 1837)
Species

4, see text

Synonyms[1]

Species

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As of June 2019 it contains four species, found only in Canada, the United States, and on the Greater Antilles:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Pisaurina Simon, 1898". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. ^ a b Carico, J. E. (1972). "The Nearctic spider genus Pisaurina (Pisauridae)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 79 (4): 297. doi:10.1155/1972/59858.
  3. ^ Simon, E (1898). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
  4. ^ "Pisaurina mira". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 2018-12-03.