''Pelegrina'' is a

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of the family

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(jumping spiders). They are found throughout North America. Many of the species in ''Pelegrina'' were previously placed in the genera ''

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'', and before that, ''

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''. The genus was originally described in 1930 by the Spanish arachnologist Pelegrín Franganillo Balboa, who named it after himself.

Species

, the

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accepted the following species: * '' Pelegrina aeneola'' (Curtis, 1892) –

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* '' Pelegrina arizonensis'' ( Peckham & Peckham, 1901) – North America * '' Pelegrina balia''

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, 1996 –

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* '' Pelegrina bicuspidata'' ( F. O. P-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico,

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* '' Pelegrina bunites'' Maddison, 1996 – United States, Mexico * '' Pelegrina chaimona'' Maddison, 1996 – United States, Mexico * '' Pelegrina chalceola'' Maddison, 1996 – United States * '' Pelegrina clavator'' Maddison, 1996 – Mexico * '' Pelegrina clemata'' (

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, 1951) – United States, Canada * '' Pelegrina dithalea'' Maddison, 1996 – United States * '' Pelegrina edrilana'' Maddison, 1996 – Mexico * '' Pelegrina exigua'' (

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, 1892) – United States * '' Pelegrina flaviceps'' (Kaston, 1973) – United States, Canada * '' Pelegrina flavipes'' (Peckham & Peckham, 1888) – United States, Canada * '' Pelegrina furcata'' (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) – United States, Mexico * ''

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'' (

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, 1837) – Canada to

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* '' Pelegrina helenae'' (Banks, 1921) – United States * '' Pelegrina huachuca'' Maddison, 1996 – United States * '' Pelegrina insignis'' (Banks, 1892) – United States, Canada * '' Pelegrina kastoni'' Maddison, 1996 – United States, Mexico * '' Pelegrina montana'' (

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, 1891) – United States, Canada * '' Pelegrina morelos'' Maddison, 1996 – Mexico * '' Pelegrina neoleonis'' Maddison, 1996 – Mexico * '' Pelegrina ochracea'' (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico,

* '' Pelegrina orestes'' Maddison, 1996 – United States, Mexico * '' Pelegrina pallidata'' (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico to

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* '' Pelegrina peckhamorum'' (Kaston, 1973) – United States * '' Pelegrina pervaga'' (Peckham & Peckham, 1909) – United States * '' Pelegrina proterva'' (Walckenaer, 1837) – United States, Canada * '' Pelegrina proxima'' (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) –

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* '' Pelegrina sabinema'' Maddison, 1996 – United States * '' Pelegrina sandaracina'' Maddison, 1996 – Mexico to Nicaragua * '' Pelegrina tillandsiae'' (Kaston, 1973) – United States * '' Pelegrina tristis'' Maddison, 1996 – United States * '' Pelegrina variegata'' (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico to Panama * '' Pelegrina verecunda'' (

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& Gertsch, 1930) – United States, Mexico * '' Pelegrina volcana'' Maddison, 1996 – Panama * '' Pelegrina yucatecana'' Maddison, 1996 – Mexico

References

External links

Pictures of ''P. arizonensis''

Picture of ''P. galathea''
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